The Plot to Kill Jesus

Matthew 26

1 When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, 2 m "You know that after two days n the Passover is coming, and o the Son of Man p will be delivered up to be crucified."

3 q Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in r the palace of the high priest, whose name was s Caiaphas, 4 t and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, u lest there be an uproar among the people."

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 26:2 - 5
    "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
    Mark 14:1 - 2
    It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him.
    Luke 22:1 - 2
    Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
  2. Cross References
    John 6:4
    Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 26:24
    The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 20:18 - 19
    See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 26:2 - 5
    "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
    Mark 14:1 - 2
    It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him.
    Luke 22:1 - 2
    Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 2:2
    The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying.
    John 11:47
    So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
    Acts 4:27
    For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel.
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 26:58
    And Peter was following him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with the guards to see the end.
    Matthew 26:69
    Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean.
    Luke 11:21
    When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe.
    John 18:15
    Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest.
    Revelation 11:2
    But do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 26:57
    Then those who had seized Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.
    Luke 3:2
    During the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
    John 11:49
    But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all.
    John 18:13
    First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
    Acts 4:6
    With Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.
  9. Cross References
    John 11:53
    So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.
    Matthew 21:46
    And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
  10. Cross References
    Matthew 27:24
    So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.
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