John 18:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Led

Early

And they

Eat

General references

Proverbs 4:16

Matthew 23:24

Bible References

Led

When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.

Early

for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

And they

When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, and tried to bite me.

Listen to the Lord's word, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God's rebuke, people of Gomorrah!

"'But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.

"I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!

You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law -- justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money."

He said to them, "You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean.

saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them."

Eat

But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?"

(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, here is your king!"

You must sacrifice the Passover animal (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he chooses to locate his name.

The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the Lord every day with all their might.

His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God's temple, supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle.

"'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you will celebrate the Passover, and for seven days bread made without yeast will be eaten.

General references

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!