and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
Parallel translations
- KJV And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
- BSB Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.
- NKJV and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him.
- NASB and how the chief priests and our rulers handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him.
- NLT But our leading priests and other religious leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him.
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They recounted how the rulers had Jesus condemned and crucified. Their account reflects sorrow over what seemed a tragic end.
Overview
The disciples relate how the chief priests and leaders delivered Jesus to be sentenced and crucified. They speak as those whose hopes were crushed by His death. Their narration reveals that they saw the cross only as defeat, not yet understanding it as the appointed means of redemption.
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Cross-references · 10
- Matt 27:20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
- Luke 23:13Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
- Acts 3:13–15The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
- Acts 4:8–10Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
- Acts 13:27–29For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
- Luke 22:66As 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,
- Acts 4:27–28“For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
- Acts 5:30–31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- 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.
- Matt 27:1–2Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
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