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Matthew 26:3

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,

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KJV King James Version

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,

BSB Berean Standard Bible

At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

WEB World English Bible

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

ASV American Standard Version

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

Surrounding context — Matthew 26

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,

2 Ye know that after two days is [the feast of] the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

3 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,

4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].

5 But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an uproar among the people.

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.

ΤότεG5119 · totethen συνήχθησανG4863 · sunagōto assemble οἱG3588 · hothe/this/who ἀρχιερεῖςG749 · archiereushigh-priest καὶG2532 · kaiand οἱG3588 · hothe/this/who πρεσβύτεροιG4245 · presbuteroselder: Elder τοῦG3588 · hothe/this/who λαοῦG2992 · laosa people εἰςG1519 · eistoward τὴνG3588 · hothe/this/who αὐλὴνG833 · aulēpalace/courtyard τοῦG3588 · hothe/this/who ἀρχιερέωςG749 · archiereushigh-priest τοῦG3588 · hothe/this/who λεγομένουG3004 · legōto say ΚαϊάφαG2533 · KaiaphasCaiaphas

Cross-references

John 18:24Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.John 11:47-53Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.Mark 14:54And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.John 11:57Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew [it], that they might take him.Matthew 26:57-58And they that had laid hold on Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.Acts 4:5-6And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,John 18:28Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.Matthew 21:45-46And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.Acts 4:25-28Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?Psalm 2:1-2Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?John 18:13-15And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.Psalm 56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.Jeremiah 11:19But I [was] like a lamb [or] an ox [that] is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.Jeremiah 18:18-20Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.Jeremiah 17:27But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.Psalm 64:4-6That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.Psalm 94:20-21Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?Luke 3:2Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

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