Then were gathered together the chief priests and elders of the people (Τοτε συνηχθησαν ο αρχιερεις κα ο πρεσβυτερο του λαου). A m…

Then assembled, etc. This was a meeting of the great council or Sanhedrin. See the notes on Matthew 5:22.

The palace. The …

Then assembled together — We learn from John 11:49-50 that the plan, as far as Caiaphas was concerned, had been formed before, imm…

While Jesus was prophesying, His enemies were plotting. This fulfilled Psalm 2:2: “The rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and again…

Glossa Ordinaria: Then the Evangelist presents to us the hidden springs and machinery by which the Lord's Passion was brought …

Opposition to Jesus had been rising for some time (cf. 12:14; 21:45–46). God, however, is in control of these events. The leaders may plot; but if …

Then were assembled the chief priests. Matthew does not mean that they assembled during the two days, but he introduces …

Then assembled together the chief priests
About the same time, two days before the passover, that Jesus said these t…

Our Lord had often told of his sufferings as at a distance; now he speaks of them as at hand. At the same time the Jewish council consulted how the…

The Evangelist, having related the preparatory events for the Pa ion, here begins to discu Christ’s Pa ion, which is divided into two parts. First,…