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]