The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
Parallel translations
- KJV The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
- BSB When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
- ESV The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
- NKJV The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.
- NASB The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest Him.
- NLT When the Pharisees heard that the crowds were whispering such things, they and the leading priests sent Temple guards to arrest Jesus.
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- Acts 5:26Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
- Matt 12:23–24All the multitudes were amazed, and said, “Can this be the son of David?”
- John 12:19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”
- Matt 23:13“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
- John 7:45–53The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
- Luke 22:52–53Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
- John 11:47–48The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
- John 18:3Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
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