Matthew 2:4
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4 He called a meeting of the leading priests and teachers of religious law and asked, “Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”
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Acts 23:9
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9 So there was a great uproar. Some of the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees jumped up and began to argue forcefully. “We see nothing wrong with him,” they shouted. “Perhaps a spirit or an angel spoke to him.”
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Acts 6:12
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12 This roused the people, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council.[a]
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Acts 4:5
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5 The next day the council of all the rulers and elders and teachers of religious law met in Jerusalem.
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John 18:3
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3 The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to accompany him. Now with blazing torches, lanterns, and weapons, they arrived at the olive grove.
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John 8:3
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3 As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.
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John 7:32
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32 When the Pharisees heard that the crowds were whispering such things, they and the leading priests sent Temple guards to arrest Jesus.
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John 3:10
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10 Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things?
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Luke 23:10
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10 Meanwhile, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law stood there shouting their accusations.
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Luke 20:19
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19 The teachers of religious law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus immediately because they realized he was telling the story against them—they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the people’s reaction.
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Mark 8:31
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Jesus Predicts His Death
31 Then Jesus began to tell them that the Son of Man[a] must suffer many terrible things and be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but three days later he would rise from the dead.
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- 8:31 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
Matthew 27:1
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Judas Hangs Himself
27 Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death.
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Matthew 26:47
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Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested
47 And even as Jesus said this, Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived with a crowd of men armed with swords and clubs. They had been sent by the leading priests and elders of the people.
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Matthew 26:3
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3 At that same time the leading priests and elders were meeting at the residence of Caiaphas, the high priest,
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Matthew 21:23
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The Authority of Jesus Challenged
23 When Jesus returned to the Temple and began teaching, the leading priests and elders came up to him. They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?”
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Matthew 21:15
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15 The leading priests and the teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles and heard even the children in the Temple shouting, “Praise God for the Son of David.”
But the leaders were indignant.
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Matthew 13:52
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52 Then he added, “Every teacher of religious law who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a homeowner who brings from his storeroom new gems of truth as well as old.”
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Matthew 7:29
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29 for he taught with real authority—quite unlike their teachers of religious law.
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Malachi 2:7
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7 “The words of a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge of God, and people should go to him for instruction, for the priest is the messenger of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Psalm 2:2
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2 The kings of the earth prepare for battle;
the rulers plot together
against the Lord
and against his anointed one.
Nehemiah 12:7
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7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah.
These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
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Ezra 10:5
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5 So Ezra stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests and the Levites and all the people of Israel swear that they would do as Shecaniah had said. And they all swore a solemn oath.
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Ezra 7:11-12
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Artaxerxes’ Letter to Ezra
11 King Artaxerxes had given a copy of the following letter to Ezra, the priest and scribe who studied and taught the commands and decrees of the Lord to Israel:
12 [a]“From Artaxerxes, the king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the teacher of the law of the God of heaven. Greetings.
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- 7:12 The original text of 7:12-26 is in Aramaic.
Ezra 7:6
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6 This Ezra was a scribe who was well versed in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given to the people of Israel. He came up to Jerusalem from Babylon, and the king gave him everything he asked for, because the gracious hand of the Lord his God was on him.
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2 Chronicles 36:14
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14 Likewise, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the pagan practices of the surrounding nations, desecrating the Temple of the Lord that had been consecrated in Jerusalem.
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