John 7:32

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

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  • Matt 12:23-24 : 23 All the crowds were amazed and said,“Could this one be the Son of David?” 24 But when the Pharisees heard this they said,“He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 “But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
  • Luke 22:52-53 : 52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him,“Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw? 53 Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!”
  • John 7:45-53 : 45 Lack of Belief Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them,“Why didn’t you bring him back with you?” 46 The officers replied,“No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 Then the Pharisees answered,“You haven’t been deceived too, have you? 48 None of the members of the ruling council or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? 49 But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!” 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said, 51 “Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?” 52 They replied,“You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!” 53 A Woman Caught in Adultery[[And each one departed to his own house.
  • John 11:47-48 : 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said,“What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs. 48 If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation.”
  • John 12:19 : 19 Thus the Pharisees said to one another,“You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”
  • John 18:3 : 3 So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons.
  • Acts 5:26 : 26 Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force(for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 11:56-57
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    56Thus they were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple courts,“What do you think? That he won’t come to the feast?”

    57(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

  • John 7:44-48
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    44Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

    45Lack of Belief Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them,“Why didn’t you bring him back with you?”

    46The officers replied,“No one ever spoke like this man!”

    47Then the Pharisees answered,“You haven’t been deceived too, have you?

    48None of the members of the ruling council or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?

  • John 11:46-48
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    46But some of them went to the Pharisees and reported to them what Jesus had done.

    47So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said,“What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

    48If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation.”

  • John 7:11-12
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    11So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking,“Where is he?”

    12There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying,“He is a good man,” but others,“He deceives the common people.”

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • John 7:30-31
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    30So then they tried to seize Jesus, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

    31Yet many of the crowd believed in him and said,“Whenever the Christ comes, he won’t perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?”

  • Matt 21:45-46
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    45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

    46They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.

  • Matt 22:15
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    15Paying Taxes to Caesar Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words.

  • Luke 22:2
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    2The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

  • Mark 12:12-13
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    12Now they wanted to arrest him(but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

    13Paying Taxes to Caesar Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words.

  • John 12:19
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    19Thus the Pharisees said to one another,“You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”

  • John 7:25-26
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    25Questions About Jesus’ Identity Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say,“Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

    26Yet here he is, speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to him. Do the ruling authorities really know that this man is the Christ?

  • Mark 7:1
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    1Breaking Human Traditions Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him.

  • Luke 13:31
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    31Going to Jerusalem At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus,“Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.”

  • Matt 12:14
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    14But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.

  • Luke 20:19-20
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    19Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

    20Paying Taxes to Caesar Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

  • Mark 14:46
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    46Then they took hold of him and arrested him.

  • John 18:12
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    12Jesus Before Annas Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up.

  • Mark 11:18
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    18The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching.

  • Mark 3:6
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    6So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him.

  • Matt 26:5
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    5But they said,“Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

  • Mark 14:2
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    2For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”

  • Matt 26:3
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    3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

  • Matt 22:34
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    34The Greatest Commandment Now when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled together.

  • Luke 22:66
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    66When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

  • John 18:3
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    3So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons.

  • Luke 20:1
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    1The Authority of Jesus Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up

  • Acts 5:24
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    24Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.

  • John 12:42
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    42Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.

  • Matt 15:12
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    12Then the disciples came to him and said,“Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?”

  • John 7:33
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    33Then Jesus said,“I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.

  • Luke 11:53-54
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    53When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,

    54plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.

  • Mark 11:27
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    27The Authority of Jesus They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

  • Luke 19:39
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    39But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him,“Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”

  • John 10:39
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    39Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.

  • Matt 22:41
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    41The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them a question: