Luke 19:47

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Summary

And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

Taught

The chief priests

General references

Luke 22:2

Bible References

Taught

And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet.

And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him,

Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.

The chief priests

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,

Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?"

I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.

General references

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.