Lesson 5192

 (Lesson 5192)(04-23-26) Matthew 26:1-5 

   “And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 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, And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.” 

 

   Today’s quote records the conspiracy of the Jewish religious leadership and the high priest Caiaphas as they plotted to seize Jesus by trickery and put him to death, while strategically deciding to avoid the public uprising that an arrest of Jesus, during the feast of the Passover, would trigger. ~