Plot to Arrest Jesus
Leaders resolve to arrest Jesus, away from the crowds.
As Passover draws near, the chief priests and scribes intensify their plans. The plot sets the stage for betrayal, seizure, and the rushed machinery of condemnation.
Scripture
1 It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,
2 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
3 Then 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.
4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."
1 It 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.
2 For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."
1 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, drew near.
2 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.