Matthew 27:1
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
2 They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
3 When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
- KJV
- When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
- WEB
- Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
- ASV
- Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
- DARBY
- And when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they might put him to death.
- BLB
- And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.
- ÅB
- Når det nå hadde blitt morgen rådslo alle yppersteprestene og folkets eldste imot Jesus, slik at de kunne drepe ham.
- OTB
- Da morgenen kom, samlet alle overprestene og folkets eldste seg for å planlegge mot Jesus for å få Ham dømt til døden.
- B1930
- Da det nu var blitt morgen, holdt alle yppersteprestene og folkets eldste råd imot Jesus, at de kunde drepe ham,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 15:1
Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
Read in contextJohn 18:28
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
Read in contextPsalms 2:2
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
Read in contextLuke 22:66
At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,
Read in contextMicah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
Read in contextMatthew 26:3–4
At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
Read in contextMatthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
Read in contextProverbs 4:16–18
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
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