Mark 11:18

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Summary

And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

And

Astonished

Bible References

And

The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.

Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him;

Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One,
To the despised One,
To the One abhorred by the nation,
To the Servant of rulers,
“Kings will see and arise,
Princes will also bow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;

And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,

So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.

Astonished

They were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching;

And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips; and they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

The officers answered, “Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.”