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

So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him.

Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

This is what the Lord, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: "Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you."

But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,

So from that day they planned together to kill him.

Astonished

The people there were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, not like the experts in the law.

When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching,

All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"

The officers replied, "No one ever spoke like this man!"