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The Plot to Kill Jesus

26 [a](A)Now it happened that when Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples, (B)You know that after two days (C)the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be (D)delivered over for crucifixion.”

(E)Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in (F)the court of the high priest, named (G)Caiaphas; and they (H)plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him. But they were saying, “Not during the festival, (I)lest a riot occur among the people.”

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The Plot to Kill Jesus

26 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples, “You know that after two days it will be the Passover, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas. They plotted together how to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. But they said, “Not during the Festival, or else there might be a riot among the people.”

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