2 And the High–priests and the Scribes were seeking, how they might get rid of him; for they feared the people.
Luke 22:2 Cross References - Rotherham
Psalms 2:1-5
1 Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?
2 The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together,––against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]:
3 Let us break asunder their bonds,––and cast from us their cords!
4 He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh,––My Lord, will mock at them:
5 Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them:
Matthew 12:14
14 And the Pharisees, going forth, took, counsel, against him, to the end that, him, they might destroy.
Matthew 21:38
38 But, the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves,––This, is, the heir: Come on! Let us slay him, and have his inheritance.
Matthew 21:45-46
Matthew 26:3-5
3 Then, were gathered together, the High–priests and the Elders of the people, into the court of the High–priest who was called Caiaphas;
4 and they took counsel together, in order that, Jesus, by guile, they might secure, and slay.
5 They were saying, however: Not during the feast, lest, an uproar, arise among the people.
Luke 19:47-48
Luke 20:19
19 And the Scribes and the High–priests sought to thrust on him their hands, in that very hour; and feared the people; for they perceived that, against them, spake he this parable.
John 11:47-53
47 The High–priests and Pharisees, therefore, brought together a high–council, and were saying––What are we to do, in that, this man, doeth, many signs?
48 If we let him alone thus, all, will believe on him, and the Romans will come, and take away, both our place and nation.
49 But, a certain one from among them, Caiaphas, being, High–priest, for that year, said unto them––Ye, know, nothing at all;
50 nor do ye take into account, that it is profitable for you that, one man, should die for the people, and not, the whole nation, perish.
51 This, however, from himself, he spake not, but, being, High–priest, for that year, he prophesied, that Jesus was about to die for the nation;
52 and, not for the nation only, but that, the scattered children of God also, he might gather together into one.
53 From that day, therefore, they took counsel, that they might put him to death.
John 11:57
57 Now the High–priests and the Pharisees had given commands, that, if anyone came to know where he was, he should inform [them], so that they might seize him.
Acts 4:27
27 For they were gathered together, of a truth, in this city, against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed,––both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with them of the nations, and peoples of Israel; ––