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But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.
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From Debate to Death Plot
Commentators describe this moment as a critical turning point. Having been publicly defeated in argument, the Pharisees' opposition escalates from verbal sparring to a premeditated conspiracy to kill Jesus. Scholars note they were 'filled with madness' and their hatred reached a new crisis level, leading them to deliberately plan his destruction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Verse 14. The Pharisees—held a council, etc. Mark adds, that the Herodians also took a part in this plot. They were probably a
Took counsel against him (συμβουλιον ελαβον κατ' αυτου). An imitation of the Latin
concilium capere and found in pap…
19th Century
Anglican
Held a council against him — If, as seems probable, these Pharisees included those who had come from Jerusalem, the deliberation w…
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Baptist
The synagogue was too hot for the Pharisees, and so they went out. Utterly routed, they withdrew from public view, hating the man who had so comple…
The Pharisees now want to kill Jesus—not because of his ruling on the Sabbath, but because of the real issue involved here, Jesus’ claim as Lord of…
16th Century
Protestant
Then the Pharisees took counsel. How obstinate is the rage that drives the wicked to oppose God! Even after having been convinced, they po…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the Pharisees went out Of the synagogue, being, as Luke says, filled with madness, at the unanswerableness of h…
The Pharisees took counsel to find some accusation, that Jesus might be condemned to death. Aware of their design, as his time was not yet come, he…
