⁵⁴ They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him.

¹⁶ speaking of these things in all of his letters. Some of his comments are hard to understand, and those who are ignorant and unstable have twisted his letters to mean something quite different, just as they do with other parts of Scripture. And this will result in their destruction.

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¹⁵ Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for which he could be arrested.

¹⁹ “All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

³ Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples, ⁴ and he went to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them. ⁵ They were delighted, and they promised to give him money. ⁶ So he agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus so they could arrest him when the crowds weren’t around.

²¹ “Here’s another chance to see him killed by the Philistines!” Saul said to himself. But to David he said, “Today you have a second chance to become my son-in-law!”

⁶¹ who declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the Temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”