Matthew 26:66

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

What do you people think [i.e., about such statements]?” They answered, “He deserves to die.”

Cross References

John 19:7

The Jews replied, “We have a law which requires that he ought to die because he claimed to be the Son of God.”

Acts 7:52

Which one of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They [even] killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One [i.e., Jesus], whom you people betrayed and murdered.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the righteous man [i.e., the innocent person, See verse 4] and he does not [even] resist you.