Cross References

John 11:57

New Century Version

But the leading priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he must tell them. Then they could arrest him.

See the chapter Copy

They attacked me, even though I loved them and prayed for them.

They tried to take Jesus again, but he escaped from them.

But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

Then the leading priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the council. They asked, “What should we do? This man is doing many miracles.

When Jesus said this, the people picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus hid himself, and then he left the Temple.

His parents said this because they were afraid of the elders, who had already decided that anyone who said Jesus was the Christ would be avoided.