At daybreak all the elders of the people assembled, including the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. Jesus was led before this high council,
Parallel translations
- WEB As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,
- KJV And 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,
- BSB At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,
- NKJV As soon as it was day, the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, came together and led Him into their council, saying,
- NASB When it was day, the Council of elders of the people assembled, both chief priests and scribes, and they led Him away to their council chamber, saying,
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At daybreak the council of elders, chief priests, and scribes assembles and leads Jesus before them. The formal religious trial begins.
Overview
As morning comes, the Sanhedrin convenes to examine Jesus officially. The gathering of Israel's leaders against their Messiah marks a tragic rejection. This proceeding sets in motion the chain of trials that will deliver the innocent Christ to crucifixion.
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Cross-references · 7
- Matt 27:1Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
- Mark 15:1Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
- Acts 22:5As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
- Matt 5:22But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
- Acts 4:25–28who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
- John 18:28They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
- Ps 2:1–3Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
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