Then Herod, when he saw that he was baffled by the wise-men, was very much enraged; and he sent and slew all the male-children in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly inquired of the wise-men.

At the same time came some of the pharisees, and said to Him, Go out and depart hence, for Herod intends to kill thee.

But Herod with his soldiers set Him at nought and insulted Him, and put on Him a gaudy robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.

About that time Herod the king exerted his power to distress some of the church.

And the ten horns, which thou sawest, are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but shall receive power as kings for a limited time with the beast.

Rulers

Now the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people were then assembled together into the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas:

And as soon as it was morning all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, how to get Him executed:

And on the morrow their rulers, and elders, and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem:

Lord

He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.

and he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

General references

But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

And the chief priests and scribes were consulting how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.