Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

Bible References

General references

Luke 19:47
And day after day He taught in the Temple, while the High Priests and the Scribes were devising some means of destroying Him, as were also the leading men of the people.
Luke 20:19
At this the Scribes and the High Priests wanted to lay hands on Him, then and there; only they were afraid of the people. For they saw that in this parable He had referred to them.
Matthew 21:38
"But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'
Matthew 26:3
Then the High Priests and Elders of the People assembled in the court of the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas,
John 11:47
Therefore the High Priests and the Pharisees held a meeting of the Sanhedrin. "What steps are we taking?" they asked one another; "for this man is performing a great number of miracles.
Acts 4:27
"They did indeed assemble in this city in hostility to Thy holy Servant Jesus whom Thou hadst anointed--Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and also the tribes of Israel--