The Plot to Kill Jesus

26 When Jesus had finished saying all these things,^(A) he told his disciples, ² ‘You know^[a] that the Passover takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.’^(B)

³ Then the chief priests^[b] and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,^{(C) 4} and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill him.^{(D) 5} ‘Not during the festival,’ they said, ‘so there won’t be rioting among the people.’

The Plot to Kill Jesus

22 The^(A) Festival of Unleavened Bread,^(B) which is called Passover,^(C) was approaching. ² The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death,^(D) because they were afraid of the people.^(E)