Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that He was speaking about them.

And seeking to seize Him, they feared the crowds, since they considered Him as a prophet.

Why did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things?

The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers gathered themselves together, against the Lord, and against His Christ;

They will dwell near and hide [themselves]; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul.

to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear.

They have searched out iniquity; they have wearied themselves with searching diligently, a man shall approach and the heart is deep,

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You, which frames mischief by an ordinance?

They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

But I, as an innocent lamb led to the slaughter, did not know. Against me they devised an evil device, saying, Come and let us put wood into his bread, and let us utterly destroy him from off the land of the living, and let his name not be remembered any more.

Then they said, Come, and let us devise a plan against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and we will hear all his words.

Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they [meant] for me. Remember that I stood before Your face, to speak good concerning them, to turn away Your wrath from them.

Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, "What are we doing? For this Man works many signs.

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You don't know anything,

Now this he did not say on his own, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

Therefore from that day [on] they took counsel together, that they might kill Him.

who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'Why did the nations rage, and the people conspired vain things?

"For truly they were assembled against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,

But Peter was following Him from a distance, up to the courtyard of the high priest. And entering inside, he sat down with the attendants to see the end.

But it shall come to pass, that if you will not listen to Me and sanctify the Sabbath day, to bear no burdens, nor go in [with them by] the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then will I kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the streets of Jerusalem, and shall not be quenched.

But Peter followed Him from a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest, and he was sitting together with the attendants and warming himself at the fire.

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You don't know anything,

And they led Him away to Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year.

Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was profitable for one man to perish for the people.

Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

Now it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of high priestly descent.