Bible Cross References
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the elders met together in the palace of Caiaphas, the High Priest,
Matthew 26:4
and made plans to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death.
Matthew 27:1
Early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders made their plans against Jesus to put him to death.
Matthew 27:2
They put him in chains, led him off, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman governor.
Matthew 27:62-64
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The next day, which was a Sabbath, the chief priests and the Pharisees met with Pilate
63
and said, "Sir, we remember that while that liar was still alive he said, 'I will be raised to life three days later.'
64
Give orders, then, for his tomb to be carefully guarded until the third day, so that his disciples will not be able to go and steal the body, and then tell the people that he was raised from death. This last lie would be even worse than the first one."
Psalm 2:1-7
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Why do the nations plan rebellion? Why do people make their useless plots?
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Their kings revolt, their rulers plot together against the LORD and against the king he chose.
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"Let us free ourselves from their rule," they say; "let us throw off their control."
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From his throne in heaven the Lord laughs and mocks their feeble plans.
5
Then he warns them in anger and terrifies them with his fury.
6
"On Zion, my sacred hill," he says, "I have installed my king."
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"I will announce," says the king, "what the LORD has declared. He said to me: 'You are my son; today I have become your father.
John 11:47
So the Pharisees and the chief priests met with the Council and said, "What shall we do? Look at all the miracles this man is performing!
John 12:10
So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too,
John 12:11
because on his account many Jews were rejecting them and believing in Jesus.
Acts 4:5-22
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The next day the Jewish leaders, the elders, and the teachers of the Law gathered in Jerusalem.
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They met with the High Priest Annas and with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the others who belonged to the High Priest's family.
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They made the apostles stand before them and asked them, "How did you do this? What power do you have or whose name did you use?"
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Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, answered them, "Leaders of the people and elders:
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if we are being questioned today about the good deed done to the lame man and how he was healed,
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then you should all know, and all the people of Israel should know, that this man stands here before you completely well through the power of the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth---whom you crucified and whom God raised from death.
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Jesus is the one of whom the scripture says, 'The stone that you the builders despised turned out to be the most important of all.'
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Salvation is to be found through him alone; in all the world there is no one else whom God has given who can save us."
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The members of the Council were amazed to see how bold Peter and John were and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education. They realized then that they had been companions of Jesus.
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But there was nothing that they could say, because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with Peter and John.
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So they told them to leave the Council room, and then they started discussing among themselves.
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"What shall we do with these men?" they asked. "Everyone in Jerusalem knows that this extraordinary miracle has been performed by them, and we cannot deny it.
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But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn these men never again to speak to anyone in the name of Jesus."
18
So they called them back in and told them that under no condition were they to speak or to teach in the name of Jesus.
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But Peter and John answered them, "You yourselves judge which is right in God's sight---to obey you or to obey God.
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For we cannot stop speaking of what we ourselves have seen and heard."
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So the Council warned them even more strongly and then set them free. They saw that it was impossible to punish them, because the people were all praising God for what had happened.
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The man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed was over forty years old.
Acts 5:33
When the members of the Council heard this, they were so furious that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.
Acts 5:34
But one of them, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was a teacher of the Law and was highly respected by all the people, stood up in the Council. He ordered the apostles to be taken out for a while,
Acts 5:40
They called the apostles in, had them whipped, and ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus; and then they set them free.