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26 When Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples, “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

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. They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit and kill him. But they said, “Not during the feast, 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,(A) he told his disciples, “You know[a] that the Passover takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”(B)

Then the chief priests[b] and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,(C) and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill him.(D) “Not during the festival,” they said, “so there won’t be rioting among the people.”

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Footnotes

  1. 26:2 Or “Know (as a command)
  2. 26:3 Other mss add and the scribes