Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
Parallel translations
- WEB So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
- BSB So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
- ESV So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.
- NKJV Then, from that day on, they plotted to put Him to death.
- NASB So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.
- NLT So from that time on, the Jewish leaders began to plot Jesus’ death.
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
From that day the leaders resolved to put Jesus to death. The plot becomes a settled purpose.
Overview
The council's deliberation hardens into a firm decision to kill Jesus. This marks a decisive turn toward the passion, even as the leaders act in unbelief. Yet their murderous intent will serve God's plan of redemption, as the cross they devise becomes the means of salvation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Acts 9:23And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
- Acts 5:33When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
- Ps 109:4–5For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
- Jer 38:15Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?
- John 11:47Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
- Jer 38:4Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
- Matt 16:21From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
- Neh 13:21Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
- Ps 71:10For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
- Ps 31:13For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
- Ps 113:2Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
- John 12:10But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
- Ps 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
- Mark 3:6And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
- Matt 22:46And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
- Matt 26:59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
- Mark 14:1After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
- Neh 4:16And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
John declares him plainly: the eternal Word made flesh, the Lamb of God, the great 'I AM' — bread, light, door, shepherd, way, truth, life, resurrection — that you may believe and have life in his name.
How John 11:53 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Greek word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.