Matthew 26:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 26:3

The Plot to Kill Jesus

1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, that He said to His disciples,

2 ^a“You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

3 ^aThen the chief priests,¹ the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

4 and ^aplotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.

5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the ^apeople.”

The Anointing at Bethany

6 And when Jesus was in ^aBethany at the house of Simon the leper,

7 a woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table.

8 ^aBut when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

9 For this fragrant oil might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”

10 But when Jesus was aware of it, He said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for Me.

11 ^aFor you have the poor with you always, but ^bMe you do not have always.

12 For in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she did it for My ^aburial.

13 Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

14 ^aThen one of the twelve, called ^bJudas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

15 and said, ^a“What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.

16 So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.

Jesus Celebrates Passover with His Disciples

17 ^aNow on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

18 And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, ^a“My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.” ’ ”

Verse Comparison: Matthew 26:3

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American Standard Version
Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;

Amplified® Bible
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the [open] court of the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

Contemporary English Version
At that time the chief priests and the nation's leaders were meeting at the home of Caiaphas the high priest.

Darby English Version
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,

Good News Bible
Then the chief priests and the elders met together in the palace of Caiaphas, the High Priest,

International Standard Version
Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

King James Version
Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

New American Standard Bible
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;

New International Version
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

New King James Version
Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;

Revised Standard Version
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Ca'iaphas,

Young's Literal Translation
Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

New English Translation
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

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