The Plot to Kill Jesus
1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, 26:1–5 Mk 14:1–2; Lk 22:1–2; Jn 11:47–53 he told his disciples, 2 "You know 26:2 Or "Know (as a command)that the Passover takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified." 26:2 Jn 11:55; 13:1
3 Then the chief priests 26:3 Other mss add and the scribes and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas, 26:3 Ps 2:2; Mt 26:57; Lk 3:2; Jn 11:47; 18:13,15; Ac 4:64 and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill him. 26:4 Mt 21:46; Jn 11:535 "Not during the festival," they said, "so there won’t be rioting among the people."