27 Bible Verses about Opposition To Christ From Scribes

Some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is talking blasphemy!"

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said that he was possessed by Beelzebub and drove out demons by the help of the prince of demons.

There were some scribes sitting there pondering and saying to themselves, "Why does this man talk so? This is blasphemy. Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

But when the high priests and the scribes saw the wonders that he did and saw the boys shouting in the Temple, "God bless the Son of David!" they were indignant,

And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled about it to his disciples, and said, "Why do you eat and drink with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

And the scribes and the Pharisees were on the watch to see whether he would cure people on the Sabbath, in order to find a charge to bring against him.

And when the scribes who were of the Pharisees' party saw that he was eating with irreligious people and tax-collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled, and said, "This man welcomes irreligious people, and even eats with them!"

After he left the house, the scribes and the Pharisees began to watch him closely and to try to draw him out on many subjects,

It was then that Jesus Christ for the first time explained to his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and endure great suffering there at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day.

and said, "The Son of Man must endure great suffering and be refused by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day."

Then he explained to them for the first time that the Son of Man must go through much suffering, and be refused by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, and be killed, and rise again three days after.

"We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

"See!" he said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the heathen

The high priests and the scribes heard of this, and they cast about for a way of destroying him, for they were afraid of him, for all the people were amazed at what he taught.

It was now two days before the festival of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. And the high priests and scribes were casting about for a way to arrest him by stealth and put him to death,

Every day he taught in the Temple, and the high priests and scribes and the leading men of the people were trying to destroy him,

And the high priests and the scribes were casting about for a way to put him to death, for they were afraid of the people.

Just at that moment, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a crowd of men with swords and clubs, from the high priests, scribes, and elders.

One day as he was teaching the people in the Temple, and preaching the good news, the high priests and scribes came up with the elders

And the scribes and high priests wanted to arrest him then and there, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had aimed this illustration at them.

Meanwhile the high priests and the scribes stood by and vehemently accused him.

They took Jesus away to the high priest, and all the high priests, elders, and scribes came together.

As soon as it was daylight, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes, and they and the whole council bound Jesus and took him away and handed him over to Pilate.

As soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the high priests and scribes assembled, and brought him before their council, and said to him,

And the high priests, too, made sport of him with the scribes and elders, and said,

The high priests too made sport of him to one another with the scribes and said, "He saved others, but he cannot save himself!