After that, he taught daily in the Temple, but the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the other leaders of the people began planning how to kill him.
Parallel translations
- WEB He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
- KJV And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
- BSB Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
- NKJV And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him,
- NASB And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to put Him to death,
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Jesus teaches daily in the temple while the leaders seek to destroy him. Opposition hardens even as his ministry continues.
Overview
Luke contrasts Jesus's open, public teaching with the secret plotting of the chief priests, scribes, and leaders. Their determination to kill him reveals the depth of official rejection of the Messiah. The verse sets the stage for the conflict that will culminate in the cross.
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- Mark 11:18The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
- Matt 26:55In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.
- Mark 11:27–33They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,
- Luke 21:37–38Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
- Mark 12:12They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.
- John 11:53–57So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
- John 18:20Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
- John 10:39They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
- John 8:37–40I know that you are Abraham’s offspring, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
- John 7:19Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
- Matt 26:3–4Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.
- John 7:44Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
- Mark 14:1It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.
- Matt 21:23When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
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