John 18:28

Jesus is led from Caiaphas to the Praetorium early in the morning, while his accusers avoid entering to stay ceremonially clean for the Passover. Their concern for ritual purity masks deep injustice.

Cross-references · 28

• John 18:33Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
• John 19:9And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
• John 19:14And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
• Mark 15:1–5And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
• Matt 27:27Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
• Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
• John 11:55And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
• Isa 1:10–15Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
• Luke 23:1–5And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
• Matt 27:1–10When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
• Acts 11:3Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
• Mic 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
• Jer 7:8–11Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
• John 18:39But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
• Acts 10:28And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
• Deut 16:2Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
• Amos 5:21–23I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
• Luke 22:66And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
• 2 Chr 35:17–18And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
• 2 Chr 30:21–24And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.
• Mark 15:16And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
• 2 Chr 35:8–14And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
• Prov 4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
• Matt 23:23–28Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
• Mic 3:10–12They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
• Ps 35:16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
• Prov 1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
• Ezek 45:21In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

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