The Plot to Kill Jesus
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Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, z and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.
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But some of them went away to the Pharisees and a told them the things Jesus did.
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b Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, c "What shall we do? For this Man works many signs.
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"If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation."
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And one of them, d Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,
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e "nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish."
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Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
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and f not for that nation only, but g also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
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Then, from that day on, they plotted to h put Him to death.
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i Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called j Ephraim, and there remained with His disciples.
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k And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to l purify themselves.
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m Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, "What do you think - that He will not come to the feast?"
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Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might n seize Him.
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John 2:23
Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did.
John 10:42
And many believed in Him there.
John 12:11
Because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
John 12:18
For this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign.
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John 5:15
The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
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Psalms 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying.
Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.
Mark 14:1
After two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by trickery and put Him to death.
Luke 22:2
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.
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John 12:19
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!
Acts 4:16
Saying, "What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
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Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.
Luke 3:2
While Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
John 18:14
Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
Acts 4:6
As well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
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John 18:14
Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
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Isaiah 49:6
Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.'
Acts 10:45
And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.
Acts 11:18
When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.
Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
1 John 2:2
And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
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Psalms 22:27
All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the LORD, And all the families of the nations Shall worship before You.
John 10:16
And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
Ephesians 2:14 - 17
For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation.
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Matthew 26:4
And plotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.
Luke 6:11
But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
Luke 19:47
And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him.
Luke 22:2
And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.
John 5:16
For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
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John 4:1
Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John
John 4:3
He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.
John 7:1
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.
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2 Chronicles 13:19
And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephrain with its villages.
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Matthew 26:1
Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished al...
Mark 14:1
After two days it was the Passover and the Feas...
Luke 22:1
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, wh...
John 2:13
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and J...
John 5:1
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and J...
John 6:4
Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
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Numbers 9:10
Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'If an...
Numbers 9:13
But the man who is clean and is not on a journe...
Numbers 31:19
And as for you, remain outside the camp seven d...
Numbers 31:20
"Purify every garment, everything made of leath...
2 Chronicles 30:17
For there were many in the assembly who had not...
Luke 2:22
Now when the days of her purification according...
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John 7:11
Then the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, "Where is He?
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Matthew 26:14 - 16
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
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