Matthew 26:3-4

The Plot to Kill Jesus

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.

1. 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.
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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.
   
4. 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.