When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
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- WEB Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
- BSB When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
- NKJV When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.
- NASB Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;
- NLT Very early in the morning the leading priests and the elders of the people met again to lay plans for putting Jesus to death.
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Quick answer
At daybreak the Jewish leaders formally resolve to have Jesus put to death. Their nighttime trial is now given a veneer of legality.
Overview
The chief priests and elders convene at morning to confirm their verdict and plan their next step, since only Rome could carry out an execution. This decision shows the settled hostility of the religious authorities and their determination to destroy Jesus. Yet their plotting unwittingly advances God's redemptive plan, as Jesus moves toward the cross appointed for the salvation of His people.
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- Mark 15:1And 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.
- John 18:28Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
- 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,
- Ps 2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
- 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.
- Matt 26:3–4Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
- Matt 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
- Prov 4:16–18For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
- Acts 5:21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
- Judg 16:2And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
- 1 Sam 19:11Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
- Luke 23:1–2And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
- Acts 4:24–28And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
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