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Matthew 28:12 Cross-References
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“And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,”
Matthew 28:12 (KJV)
Commentary on Matthew 28:12
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers. The chief priests convened a council ('assembled with the elders'—συναχθέντες μετὰ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων/synachthentes meta tōn presbyterōn), the same body that had condemned Jesus (Matthew 26:59). This was the Sanhedrin, Judaism's supreme religious and civil authority, now facing an existential crisis.'And had taken counsel' (συμβούλιον τε λαβόντες/symboulion te labontes)—they deliberated, strategized, and plotted. Faced with evidence of resurrection, they chose not repentance but damage co...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Matthew 28:12
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“all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:”
“the scribes”
“which was the day after the Preparation Day”
“that their rulers”
“when they heard this”
“and said”
“they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus”
“and the peoples plot a vain thing?”