What Does Matthew 27:1 Mean?

“the morning”

day-dawn

“When”

but, and, etc

“was come”

to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

“counsel”

advisement; specially, a deliberative body, i.e., the provincial assessors or lay-court

“took”

while g0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))

“all”

all, any, every, the whole

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the chief priests”

the high-priest (literally, of the jews; typically, christ); by extension a chief priest

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“elders”

older; as noun, a senior; specially, an israelite sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or christian "presbyter"

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of the people”

a people (in general; thus differing from g1218, which denotes one's own populace)

“against”

(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“Jesus”

jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites

“to”

so too, i.e., thus therefore (in various relations of consecution, as follow)

“put”

to kill

“him”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons