Luke 22:2

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • John 11:47-53 : 47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs. 48 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation." 49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all, 50 nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish." 51 Now he didn't say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
  • John 11:57 : 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.
  • Acts 4:27 : 27 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
  • Ps 2:1-5 : 1 Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying, 3 "Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us." 4 He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision. 5 Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
  • Matt 12:14 : 14 But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.
  • Matt 21:38 : 38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'
  • Matt 21:45-46 : 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them. 46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
  • Matt 26:3-5 : 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. 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."
  • Luke 19:47-48 : 47 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. 48 They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
  • Luke 20:19 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 14:1-2
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    85%

    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."

  • Mark 11:18
    84%

    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.

  • Luke 20:19-20
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

  • Matt 26:3-5
    3 verses
    80%

    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.

    5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."

  • Matt 27:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    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:

    2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • Luke 19:47
    78%

    47 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.

  • Luke 22:1
    77%

    1 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, drew near.

  • Matt 21:45-46
    2 verses
    77%

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

    46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

  • Luke 22:66
    77%

    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,

  • Luke 22:4-7
    4 verses
    77%

    4 He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them.

    5 They were glad, and agreed to give him money.

    6 He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.

    7 The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be sacrificed.

  • Mark 12:12
    77%

    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.

  • John 12:10
    77%

    10 But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,

  • Luke 20:1
    76%

    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.

  • Matt 27:20
    76%

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

  • John 11:57
    76%

    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.

  • Luke 24:20
    76%

    20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • Mark 15:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

    11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

  • Acts 6:12
    75%

    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,

  • Mark 11:27
    74%

    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,

  • Mark 15:1
    74%

    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.

  • Matt 26:59
    74%

    59 Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

  • Mark 14:11
    74%

    11 They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.

  • Mark 14:53
    74%

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

  • Acts 13:28
    74%

    28 Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

  • Matt 12:14
    74%

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

  • Matt 22:15
    74%

    15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

  • Matt 26:57
    73%

    57 Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

  • John 7:25
    73%

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

  • John 11:53
    73%

    53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.

  • Mark 14:55
    73%

    55 Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

  • Matt 20:18
    73%

    18 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

  • Luke 23:13
    73%

    13 Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

  • Matt 26:16
    73%

    16 From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

  • John 7:32
    73%

    32 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

  • Matt 27:62
    73%

    62 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

  • Matt 26:47
    73%

    47 While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the people.

  • Luke 11:54
    72%

    54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

  • Matt 21:15
    72%

    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,

  • John 11:47
    72%

    47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

  • Luke 23:10
    72%

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