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John 11:47-53
So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said,“ What are we going to do since this man does many signs?If we let Him continue in this way, everyone will believe in Him! Then the Romans will come and remove both our place and our nation.”One of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them,“ You know nothing at all!You’re not considering that it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish.”He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children of God.So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
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Matthew 26:3-5
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill Him.“ Not during the festival,” they said,“ so there won’t be rioting among the people.”
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Matthew 12:14
But the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.
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Luke 20:19
Then the scribes and the chief priests looked for a way to get their hands on Him that very hour, because they knew He had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.
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Matthew 21:45-46
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they knew He was speaking about them.Although they were looking for a way to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, because they regarded Him as a prophet.
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Psalms 2:1-5
Why do the nations rebel and the peoples plot in vain?The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers conspire together against the Lord and His Anointed One:“ Let us tear off their chains and free ourselves from their restraints.”The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord ridicules them.Then He speaks to them in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath:
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John 11:57
The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it so they could arrest Him.
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Acts 4:27
“ For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed,
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Matthew 21:38
“ But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves,‘ This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance!’
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Luke 19:47-48
Every day He was teaching in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy Him,but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were captivated by what they heard.
