Matthew 27:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

The morning

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Acts 4:24

General references

Matthew 28:12

Luke 23:1

Luke 24:20

Bible References

The morning

The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here!" So they surrounded the town and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. They relaxed all night, thinking, "He will not leave until morning comes; then we will kill him!"

Saul sent messengers to David's house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David's wife Michal told him, "If you do not save yourself tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!"

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin -- that is, the whole high council of the Israelites -- and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

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"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

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

The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the Lord and his anointed king.

Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor's residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor's residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.

When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, "Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,

General references

After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.

and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.