Luke 22:2

New English Translation

The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

Cross References

Matthew 12:14

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

Matthew 26:2

“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

Mark 14:1

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Luke 20:19

Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

John 11:57

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

Acts 4:27

“For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,