Category:Plot to Kill Jesus (subject)

The Plot to Kill Jesus is an episode in the Passion of Jesus, according to the Gospels of Mark (14:1-2), Matthew (26:1-5), Luke (22:1-2), and John (11:45-53).

Overview

The Plot to Kill Jesus in ancient sources

Gospel of Mark

Mark 14:1-2 (NRSV) -- It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; 2 for they said, "Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people."

Gospel of Matthew

Matthew 26:1-5 (NRSV) -- When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples, 2 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified." 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 5 But they said, "Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people."

Gospel of Luke

Luke 22:1-2 (NRSV) -- [1] Now the festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near. [2] The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people.

Gospel of John

John 11:45-53 (NRSV) -- [45] Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. [46] But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what he had done. [47] So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and said, "What are we to do? This man is performing many signs. [48] If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation." [49] But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all! [50] You do not understand that it is better for you to have one man die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed." [51] He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation, [52] and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God. [53] So from that day on they planned to put him to death.

The Plot to Kill Jesus in Scholarship

The Plot to Kill Jesus in Fiction

External links

• [ Wikipedia]