From then on half of my men worked and half stood guard, wearing coats of armor and armed with spears, shields, and bows. And our leaders gave their full support to the people

I warned them, "It's no use waiting out there for morning to come. If you try this again, I'll use force on you." From then on they did not come back on the Sabbath.

May his name be praised, now and forever.

From that time on Jesus began to say plainly to his disciples, "I must go to Jerusalem and suffer much from the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law. I will be put to death, but three days later I will be raised to life."

No one was able to give Jesus any answer, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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!

Their kings revolt, their rulers plot together against the LORD and against the king he chose.

I hear many enemies whispering; terror is all around me. They are making plans against me, plotting to kill me.

My enemies want to kill me; they talk and plot against me.

So the Pharisees left the synagogue and met at once with some members of Herod's party, and they made plans to kill Jesus.

When the members of the Council heard this, they were so furious that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.

After many days had gone by, the Jews met together and made plans to kill Saul,

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too,

They oppose me, even though I love them and have prayed for them.

They pay me back evil for good and hatred for love.

Then the officials went to the king and said, "This man must be put to death. By talking like this he is making the soldiers in the city lose their courage, and he is doing the same thing to everyone else left in the city. He is not trying to help the people; he only wants to hurt them."

I answered, "If I tell you the truth, you will put me to death, and if I give you advice, you won't pay any attention."

The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some false evidence against Jesus to put him to death;

It was now two days before the Festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death.