Verse 2

And the hie Priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him: for they feared the people.

Referenced Verses

  • John 11:47-53 : 47 Then gathered the hie Priests, & the Pharises a councill, and said, What shall we doe? For this man doeth many miracles. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will beleeue in him, and the Romanes will come and take away both our place, and the nation. 49 Then one of them named Caiaphas, which was the hie Priest that same yere, said vnto them, Ye perceiue nothing at all, 50 Nor yet doe you consider that it is expedient for vs, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. 51 This spake hee not of himselfe: but being hie Priest that same yere, he prophecied that Iesus should die for that nation: 52 And not for that nation onely, but that he shoulde gather together in one the children of God, which were scattered. 53 Then from that day foorth they consulted together, to put him to death.
  • John 11:57 : 57 Nowe both the hie Priestes and the Pharises had giuen a commaundement, that if any man knew where he were, he should shewe it, that they might take him.
  • Acts 4:27 : 27 For doutlesse, against thine holy Sonne Iesus, whome thou haddest anoynted, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered themselues together,
  • Ps 2:1-5 : 1 Why doe the heathen rage, & the people murmure in vaine? 2 The Kings of the earth band themselues, and the princes are assembled together against the Lord, and against his Christ. 3 Let vs breake their bands, and cast their cordes from vs. 4 But he that dwelleth in the heauen, shall laugh: the Lord shall haue them in derision. 5 Then shall hee speake vnto them in his wrath, & vexe them in his sore displeasure, saying,
  • Matt 12:14 : 14 Then the Pharises went out, & consulted against him, howe they might destroy him.
  • Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the husbandmen saw the sonne, they saide among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kil him, & let vs take his inheritance.
  • Matt 21:45-46 : 45 And when the chiefe Priestes and Pharises had heard his parables, they perceiued that hee spake of them. 46 And they seeking to laye handes on him, feared the people, because they tooke him as a Prophet.
  • Matt 26:3-5 : 3 Then assembled together the chiefe Priests, and the Scribes, and the Elders of ye people into the hall of the high Priest called Caiaphas: 4 And consulted together that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him. 5 But they sayd, Not on the feast day, least any vprore be among the people.
  • Luke 19:47-48 : 47 And he taught dayly in the Temple; the hie Priests and the Scribes, and the chiefe of the people sought to destroy him. 48 But they could not finde what they might doe to him: for all the people hanged vpon him when they heard him.
  • Luke 20:19 : 19 Then the hie Priests, and the Scribes the same houre went about to lay hands on him: (but they feared the people) for they perceiued that he had spoken this parable against them.