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The Plot to Kill Jesus

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

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,(C) and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.(D) But they said, “Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.”(E)

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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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