Matthew 27:1

And when it was morning, the chief priests and the elders of the people held a council against Jesus, how they might put him to death.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

In Context

2And they bound him, and carried him and delivered him up to Pilate, the president.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:3Then assembled the chief priests and the Scribes and the Elders of the people, at the hall of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

Luke 22:66And when the day dawned, the Elders and chief priests and Scribes assembled together; and they led him to the place of their meeting,

John 18:28And they led Jesus from the presence of Caiaphas unto the Praetorium; and it was morning. But they did not enter the Praetorium, lest they should defile themselves before they had eaten the passover.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:1

It is a very affecting story which is recorded in this chapter concerning the sufferings and death of our Lord Jesus. Considering the thing itself, there cannot be a more tragical story told us; common humanity would melt the heart, to find an innocent and excellent person thus misused. But considering the design and fruit of Christ's sufferings, it is gospel, it is good news, that Jesus Christ was thus delivered for our offences; and there is nothing we have more reason to glory in than the cross of Christ. In… Read the whole commentary →

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