Matthew 26:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

The palace

Matthew 26:58

Jeremiah 17:27

Mark 14:54

Caiaphas

John 11:49

John 18:13

Acts 4:5

General references

Luke 22:2

Bible References

Assembled

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was talking about them.

Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God],
And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?

They attack, they hide and lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.

To shoot from ambush at the blameless [one];
Suddenly they shoot at him, without fear.

Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?

But I was like a gentle and tame lamb brought to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had devised plots and schemes against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit;
Let us cut him off from the land of the living,
That his name be remembered no longer.”

Then [my enemies] said, “Come and let us work out schemes against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest [as Jeremiah predicts], nor the counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with our tongue [by making charges against him before the king], and let us ignore anything he says.”

So the chief priests and Pharisees convened a council [of the leaders in Israel], and said, “What are we doing? For this man performs many signs (attesting miracles).

who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David, Your servant, said,

‘Why did the nations (Gentiles) become arrogant and rage,
And the peoples devise futile things [against the Lord]?

The palace

But Peter followed Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the [elegant home of the Jewish] high priest, and went inside, and sat with the guards to see the outcome.

But if you will not listen to Me and keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load as you come in the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in her gates that cannot be extinguished, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”’”

Peter had followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers [guards and servants] and warming himself at the fire.

Caiaphas

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year [the year of Christ’s crucifixion], said to them, “You know nothing at all!

and led Him to Annas first; for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

On the next day, their magistrates and elders and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were gathered together in Jerusalem;

General references

For their minds plot violence,
And their lips talk of trouble [for the innocent].

Then the Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the people of Jerusalem.

Then Herod secretly sent for the magi and learned from them the [exact] time the star [had first] appeared.

And when the chief priests had gathered with the elders and had consulted together [to develop a plan of deception], they gave a sufficient sum of money [as a bribe] to the soldiers,

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people [who listened devotedly to His teaching, and who respected His spiritual wisdom].