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Mat 26:3 — 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,

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

assembled		Mat 21:45,46; Psa 2:1,2; Psa 56:6; Psa 64:4-6; Psa 94:20,21; Jer 11:19; Jer 18:18-20; Jhn 11:47-53,57; Act 4:25-28
the palace		Mat 26:58; Jer 17:27; Mar 14:54
Caiaphas		This was Joseph, surnamed Caiaphas, who succeeded Simon son of Camith, in the high-priesthood, about A..D. 25. About two years after our LORD's death, he was deposed by Vitellius governor of Syria; and unable to bear his disgrace, and perhaps the stings of conscience for the murder of Christ, he killed himself about A.D. 35. Jhn 11:49; Jhn 18:13,14,24; Act 4:5,6

Correlating Passages

assembled

	Mat 21:45	And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
	Mat 21:46	But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
	Psa 2:1	Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
	Psa 2:2	The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],
	Psa 56:6	They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
	Psa 64:4	That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
	Psa 64:5	They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
	Psa 64:6	They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.
	Psa 94:20	Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
	Psa 94:21	They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
	Jer 11:19	But I [was] like a lamb [or] an ox [that] is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
	Jer 18:18	Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
	Jer 18:19	Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
	Jer 18:20	Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, [and] to turn away thy wrath from them.
	Jhn 11:47	Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
	Jhn 11:48	If we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
	Jhn 11:49	And one of them, [named] Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
	Jhn 11:50	Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
	Jhn 11:51	And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
	Jhn 11:52	And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
	Jhn 11:53	Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
	Jhn 11:57	Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew [it], that they might take him.
	Act 4:25	Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
	Act 4:26	The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
	Act 4:27	For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
	Act 4:28	For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

the palace

	Mat 26:58	But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
	Jer 17:27	But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
	Mar 14:54	And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

Caiaphas

	Jhn 11:49	And one of them, [named] Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
	Jhn 18:13	And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
	Jhn 18:14	Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
	Jhn 18:24	Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
	Act 4:5	And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
	Act 4:6	And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 26:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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