The Plot to Kill Jesus

14 ^(A)Now ^(B)the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes ^(C)were seeking how, after seizing Him in secret, they might kill Him; ² for they were saying, “Not during the festival, lest there be a riot of the people.”

² “^(A)You know that after two days ^(B)the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be ^(C)delivered over for crucifixion.”

^3 (D)Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in ^(E)the court of the high priest, named ^(F)Caiaphas; ⁴ and they ^(G)plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him. ⁵ But they were saying, “Not during the festival, ^(H)lest a riot occur among the people.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus

22 ^(A)Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the ^(B)Passover, was drawing near. ² And the chief priests and the scribes ^(C)were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people.