Luke 19:47

World English Bible (2000)

He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.

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  • Matt 26:55 : 55 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.
  • Mark 11:18 : 18 The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
  • Mark 11:27-33 : 27 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him, 28 and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?" 29 Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30 The baptism of John--was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me." 31 They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should say, 'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?' 32 If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet. 33 They answered Jesus, "We don't know." Jesus said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."
  • Mark 12:12 : 12 They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.
  • Mark 14:1 : 1 It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.
  • Luke 21:37-38 : 37 Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet. 38 All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.
  • John 7:19 : 19 Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"
  • John 7:44 : 44 Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
  • John 8:37-40 : 37 I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you. 38 I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father." 39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn't do this.
  • John 10:39 : 39 They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
  • John 11:53-57 : 53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death. 54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples. 55 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. 56 Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, "What do you think--that he isn't coming to the feast at all?" 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.
  • John 18:20 : 20 Jesus answered him, "I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
  • Matt 21:23 : 23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 20:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1 It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.

    2 They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"

  • Mark 11:15-19
    5 verses
    83%

    15 They came to Jerusalem, and Jesus entered into the temple, and began to throw out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those who sold the doves.

    16 He would not allow anyone to carry a container through the temple.

    17 He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers!"

    18 The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

    19 When evening came, he went out of the city.

  • Luke 19:48
    80%

    48 They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

  • Luke 22:2
    78%

    2 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

  • Mark 14:49
    78%

    49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

  • Luke 20:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

    20 They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

  • Luke 19:45-46
    2 verses
    76%

    45 He entered into the temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,

    46 saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"

  • Mark 11:27
    75%

    27 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,

  • Luke 22:66
    74%

    66 As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

  • Matt 21:15
    74%

    15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" they were indignant,

  • Luke 21:37-38
    2 verses
    74%

    37 Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.

    38 All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.

  • John 8:2
    74%

    2 Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.

  • Mark 14:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.

    2 For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."

  • Matt 26:55
    73%

    55 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.

  • Acts 6:12
    73%

    12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

  • Acts 5:42
    72%

    42 Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

  • Matt 21:23
    72%

    23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

  • Matt 27:1
    71%

    1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

  • John 8:20
    71%

    20 Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

  • John 18:19
    71%

    19 The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.

  • Matt 12:14
    71%

    14 But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

  • Luke 22:52-53
    2 verses
    71%

    52 Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

    53 When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."

  • Matt 26:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

    4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.

  • Luke 23:10
    71%

    10 The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.

  • Matt 27:20
    71%

    20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

  • Acts 5:21
    70%

    21 When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

  • John 11:57
    70%

    57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

  • Mark 14:53
    70%

    53 They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him.

  • Mark 15:29
    70%

    29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

  • Mark 15:1
    70%

    1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

  • Mark 3:6
    70%

    6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

  • John 7:14
    70%

    14 But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

  • John 7:25
    70%

    25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?

  • Luke 2:46
    69%

    46 It happened after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.

  • Acts 4:5
    69%

    5 It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

  • Luke 20:45
    69%

    45 In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,

  • Luke 5:17
    69%

    17 It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.

  • Matt 21:45
    69%

    45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.

  • Mark 1:22
    69%

    22 They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.