Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.
Parallel translations
- KJV Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
- BSB But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
- NKJV Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might seize Him.
- NASB Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might arrest Him.
- NLT Meanwhile, the leading priests and Pharisees had publicly ordered that anyone seeing Jesus must report it immediately so they could arrest him.
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Quick answer
The authorities order that anyone knowing Jesus' whereabouts report it for his arrest. The net is drawing tight.
Overview
The chief priests and Pharisees issue a public command to enable Jesus' capture. This official measure confirms the settled hostility against him. Yet Jesus will openly enter Jerusalem in his own time, showing that he goes to the cross willingly rather than being taken by surprise.
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Cross-references · 5
- Ps 109:4In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
- John 8:59Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.
- John 5:16–18For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
- John 10:39They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
- John 9:22His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
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