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 high priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was talking about them.

Why are the nations in an uproar, and their people involved in a vain plot?

They gather together and hide in ambush. They watch my every step as they lie in wait for my life.

shooting at the innocent from concealment. Suddenly they shoot, fearing nothing.

Will destructive national leaders, who plan wicked things through misuse of the Law, be allied with you?

I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I didn't know that they had devised schemes against me. They told themselves, "Let's destroy the tree with its fruit. Let's eliminate him from the land of the living, so his name won't be remembered again."

Then they said, "Come, let's make up a plot against Jeremiah. After all, the priest's instruction, the wise man's counsel, and the prophet's message won't be destroyed. So let's verbally attack him. Pay no attention to anything he says!"

So the high priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.

You said by the Holy Spirit through the voice of our ancestor, your servant David, "Why do the unbelievers rage, and the people devise useless plots?

The palace

Peter, however, followed him at a distance as far as the high priest's courtyard. He went inside and sat down with the servants to see how this would end.

But if you don't listen to me, to consecrate the Sabbath day and not carry any load as you enter the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I'll start a fire in its gates. It will consume the palaces of Jerusalem and won't be extinguished."'"

Peter followed Jesus at a distance as far as the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the servants and warming himself at the fire.

Caiaphas

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, told them, "You don't know anything!

First they brought him to Annas, because he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes met in Jerusalem

General references

because they plan violence, and they are always talking about trouble.

The LORD told me, "Conspiracy has been found among the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

Then Herod secretly called together the wise men, found out from them the time the star had appeared,

So they met with the elders and agreed on a plan to give the soldiers a large amount of money.

So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the crowd.