Mat 26:1-5, 14-16, Mar 14:1-2, 10-11, Joh 11:45-53 | ISV | STEP | The Plot to Kill Jesus When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

Matthew 26:1-5

1 The Plot to Kill Jesus Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:1-2; John 11:45-53

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, ^{▼▼Lit. finished all these sayings} he told his disciples, 2 “You know that the Passover will take place in two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”Mark 14:1; Luke 22:1; John 12:1

3 Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.Ps 2:2; John 11:47; Acts 4:25 4 They conspired to arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill him. 5 But they kept saying, “This must not happen during the festival, lest there be a riot among the people.”

Matthew 26:14-16

14 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:3-6Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the high priestsMatt 10:4; Mark 14:10; Luke 22:3; John 13:2, 30 15 and said, “What are you willing to give me if I betray him to you?” They placed before him thirty pieces of silver,Zech 11:12; Matt 27:3 16 and from then on he began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus. ^{▼▼Lit. him}

Mark 14:1-2

1 The Plot to Kill Jesus Matthew 26:1-5; Luke 22:1-2; John 11:45-53Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death.Matt 26:2; Luke 22:1; John 11:55; 13:1 2 For they kept saying, “This must not happen during the festival, lest there be a riot among the people.”

Mark 14:10-11

10 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus Matthew 26:14-16; Luke 22:3-6Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the high priests to betray Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. him} to them.Matt 26:14; Luke 22:3-4 11 When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So he began to look for a good opportunity to betray him.

John 11:45-53

45 The Jewish Council Plans to Kill Jesus Matthew 26:1; Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:1-2Many of the Jews who had come with Mary and had observed what Jesus did believed in him.John 2:23; 10:42 46 Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the high priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council ^{▼▼Or Sanhedrin} and said, “What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.Ps 2:2; Matt 26:3; Mark 14:1; Luke 22:2; John 12:19; Acts 4:16 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our temple ^{▼▼Lit. place} and our nation.”

49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, told them, “You don't know anything!Luke 3:2; John 18:14; Acts 4:6 50 You don't realize that it is better for you ^{▼▼Other mss. read for us} to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed.”John 18:14 51 Now he did not say this on his own initiative. As high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and not only for the nation, but that he would also gather into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.Isa 49:6; John 10:16; Eph 2:14-17; 1John 2:2 53 So from that day on they resolved to put him to death.