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

His habit at this time was to teach in the Temple by day, but to go out and spend the night on the Mount called the Oliveyard.

He entered the Temple; and while He was teaching, the High Priests and the Elders of the people came to Him and asked Him, "By what authority are you doing these things? and who gave you this authority?"

They came again to Jerusalem; and as He was walking in the Temple, the High Priests, Scribes and Elders came to Him

"As for me," replied Jesus, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have continually taught in some synagogue or in the Temple where all the Jews are wont to assemble, and I have said nothing in secret.

The chief priests

Then the High Priests and Elders of the People assembled in the court of the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas,

This the High Priests and Scribes heard, and they began to devise means to destroy Him. For they were afraid of Him, because of the deep impression produced on all the people by His teaching.

And they kept looking out for an opportunity to seize Him, but were afraid of the people; for they saw that in this parable He had referred to *them*. So they left Him and went away.

It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the High Priests and Scribes were bent on finding how to seize Him by stratagem and put Him to death.

Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not a man of you obeys the Law. Why do you want to kill me?"

You are descendants of Abraham, I know; but you want to kill me, because my teaching gains no ground within you.

This made them once more try to arrest Him, but He withdrew out of their power.

So from that day forward they planned and schemed in order to put Him to death.

General references

and the High Priests and the Scribes were contriving how to destroy Him. But they feared the people.