It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a cunning way to arrest Jesus and kill him.
From then on Jesus began to point out to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.
The officials then said to the king, ‘This man ought to die, because he is weakening the morale of the warriors who remain in this city and of all the people by speaking to them in this way. This man is not pursuing the welfare of this people, but their harm.’
but I warned them, ‘Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I’ll use force against you.’ After that they did not come again on the Sabbath.
From that day on, half of my men did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armour. The officers supported all the people of Judah,
