Matthew 26:3

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Matthew 26:3

Then the leading priests and elders of the [Jewish] people were gathered in the courtroom of the head priest, named Caiaphas.

John 18:24

So, Annas had Him tied up and sent Him [on] to Caiaphas, the head priest.

Matthew 26:57-58

And those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas, the head priest, where the experts in the law of Moses and the [Jewish] elders were gathered.

Mark 14:54

But Peter had followed Him from a distance, right into the courtyard of the head priest. He was sitting there with the [Jewish] officers, warming himself by the light of the fire.

So, the leading priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council [Note: This was the Jewish governing body called "the Sanhedrin"] and said, "What should we do, for this man is performing many [miraculous] signs?

Matthew 21:45-46

And when the leading priests and Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they realized He was speaking about them.

Matthew 26:69

Now Peter was sitting outside in a courtyard and a servant-girl approached him and said, "You also were with Jesus, the Galilean."

Luke 3:2

[During this time], while Annas and Caiaphas [Note: This man was Annas' son-in-law. See John 18:13] were head priests, God's message came to John [the Immerser], son of Zacharias, [when he was] in the desert [of Judea].

John 11:57

Now the leading priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he was to report it, so they could arrest Him.

John 18:13-15

They led Him to Annas first [Note: This man was a former head priest. See Luke 3:2], for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was head priest that year.

John 18:28

Then, early in the morning they led Jesus from Caiaphas to [governor Pilate's] headquarters. But the Jewish authorities would not enter it, because [if they had] they would have become ceremonially unclean, and could not eat the Passover meal. [Note: This was because they regarded a Gentile house as defiling].

Acts 4:5-6

And the next day the [Jewish] rulers, elders and teachers of the law of Moses gathered together in Jerusalem.

Acts 4:25-28

[You] said, through the Holy Spirit and by means of [the inspired writings of] our forefather David, your servant, [Psa. 2:1-2], 'Why did the [unconverted] Gentiles rage [at the Messiah], and the people [of Israel] devise useless plans [for opposing Christ]?

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Summary

Matthew 26:3

Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Assembled

Matthew 21:45

John 11:47

Acts 4:25

The palace

Matthew 26:58

Mark 14:54

Caiaphas

John 11:49

John 18:13

Acts 4:5

General references

Matthew 2:7

Matthew 28:12

Luke 22:2

Bible References

Assembled

And when the leading priests and Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they realized He was speaking about them.

The palace

But Peter followed Him from a distance [as they were going] to the courtyard of the head priest. He went inside [i.e., eventually. See John 18:15-16] and sat down with the [Jewish] officers to see how things would turn out [i.e., with Jesus' trial].

But Peter had followed Him from a distance, right into the courtyard of the head priest. He was sitting there with the [Jewish] officers, warming himself by the light of the fire.

Caiaphas

But a certain member of the Sanhedrin, [named] Caiaphas, who was head priest that year, said to [the rest of] them, "You do not know what you are talking about.

They led Him to Annas first [Note: This man was a former head priest. See Luke 3:2], for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was head priest that year.

And the next day the [Jewish] rulers, elders and teachers of the law of Moses gathered together in Jerusalem.

General references

Then Herod summoned the astrologer/sages and learned from them exactly when the star had appeared.

And when they had assembled with the [Jewish] elders and conferred with them, they offered large sums of money to the soldiers,

And the leading priests and experts in the law of Moses were looking for a way to kill Jesus because they were afraid of the people [i.e., that people would riot if it were done during the Festival. See Matt. 26:5].