Matthew 26:1

The Plot to Kill Jesus

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

Matthew 26:1 In-Context

1 When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,
2 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
4 and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people."
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