Matthew 26:1-5

The Plot to Kill Jesus

1 When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,

2 ¹"You know that after two days ²the Passover is coming, and ³the Son of Man ⁴will be delivered up to be crucified."

3 ⁵Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in ⁶the palace of the high priest, whose name was ⁷Caiaphas,

4 ⁸and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

5 But they said, "Not during the feast, ⁹lest there be an uproar among the people."

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 2-5, see Mark 14:1, 2; Luke 22:1, 2
• 2. See John 6:4
• 3. ver. 24
• 4. See Matthew 20:18, 19
• 5. [Psalms 2:2; John 11:47; Acts 4:27]
• 6. ver. 58, 69; Luke 11:21; John 18:15; [Revelation 11:2]
• 7. ver. 57; Luke 3:2; John 11:49; John 18:13; Acts 4:6
• 8. John 11:53; See Matthew 21:46
• 9. Matthew 27:24