Matthew 27:1
When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again 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
And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
Read in contextJohn 18:28
Then 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.
Read in contextPsalms 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Read in contextLuke 22:66
And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
Read in contextMicah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Read in contextMatthew 26:3–4
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,
Read in contextMatthew 23:13
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Read in contextProverbs 4:16–18
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
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