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¶ When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

When {G1161} the morning {G4405} was come {G1096}, all {G3956} the chief priests {G749} and {G2532} elders {G4245} of the people {G2992} took {G2983} counsel {G4824} against {G2596} Jesus {G2424} to {G5620} put {G2289} him {G846} to death {G2289}:

Early in the morning, all the head cohanim and elders met to plan how to bring about Yeshua's death.

When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

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Cross-References

  • Mark 15:1 (8 votes)

    ¶ And 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 18:28 (5 votes)

    ¶ Then 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 22:66 (4 votes)

    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,

  • Psalms 2:2 (4 votes)

    The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],

  • Micah 2:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Woe 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.

  • Matthew 26:3 (3 votes)

    Then 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,

  • Matthew 26:4 (3 votes)

    And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].