Matthew 27:1

New Century Version

Early the next morning, all the leading priests and elders of the people decided that Jesus should die.

Cross References

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth prepare to fight, and their leaders make plans together against the Lord and his appointed one.

Psalm 31:13

I have heard many insults. Terror is all around me. They make plans against me and want to kill me.

Psalm 71:10

My enemies make plans against me, and they meet together to kill me.

Micah 2:1

How terrible it will be for people who plan wickedness, who lie on their beds and make evil plans. When the morning light comes, they do what they planned, because they have the power to do so.

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You close the door for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop others who are trying to enter. [

Mark 15:1

Very early in the morning, the leading priests, the elders, the teachers of the law, and all the Jewish council decided what to do with Jesus. They tied him, led him away, and turned him over to Pilate, the governor.

Luke 13:1

At that time some people were there who told Jesus that Pilate had killed some people from Galilee while they were worshiping. He mixed their blood with the blood of the animals they were sacrificing to God.

Luke 22:66

When day came, the council of the elders of the people, both the leading priests and the teachers of the law, came together and led Jesus to their highest court.

John 18:28

Early in the morning they led Jesus from Caiaphas’s house to the Roman governor’s palace. They would not go inside the palace, because they did not want to make themselves unclean; they wanted to eat the Passover meal.

Acts 5:21

When the apostles heard this, they obeyed and went into the Temple early in the morning and continued teaching. When the high priest and his friends arrived, they called a meeting of the leaders and all the important elders. They sent some men to the jail to bring the apostles to them.

Judges 16:2

When the people of Gaza heard, “Samson has come here!” they surrounded the place and waited for him near the city gate all night. They whispered to each other, “When dawn comes, we will kill Samson!”

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, saying, “Tonight you must run for your life. If you don’t, you will be dead in the morning.”