Matthew 26:3

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met in the house of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

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Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

In Context

2“You know that in two days time the Festival of the Passover will be here; and that the Son of Man is to be given up to be crucified.”

4and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and put him to death;

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Cross References

Psalms 56:6banded together in secret, watching my every step, as those who hope for my death.

Psalms 94:20Can corrupt justice be your ally, framing mischief by statute?

Matthew 21:45After listening to these parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees saw that it was about them that he was speaking;

Matthew 26:69Peter, meanwhile, was sitting outside in the courtyard; and a maidservant came up to him, and exclaimed, “Why, you were with Jesus the Galilean!”

Luke 3:2and when Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, a command from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, while he was in the wilderness.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:2-6

The Plot of the Chief Priests. 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar… Read the whole commentary →

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