Psalms 2:1-3

The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed

1 ^aWhy do ^bthe nations rage ▼

▼Or  nations noisily assemble

and the peoples plot in vain?
2The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his ^dAnointed, saying,
3“Let us ^eburst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”

Matthew 2:3-4

3When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where ^fthe Christ was to be born.

Matthew 2:16

Herod Kills the Children

16Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

Matthew 22:15

Paying Taxes to Caesar

15 ^gThen the Pharisees went and plotted how ^hto entangle him in his words.

Matthew 22:23

Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

23The same day ⁱSadducees came to him, ^jwho say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,

Matthew 22:34-35

The Great Commandment

34 ^kBut when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced ^lthe Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 ^mAnd one of them, ⁿa lawyer, asked him a question ^oto test him.

Matthew 26:3-4

3 ^pThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in ^qthe palace of the high priest, whose name was ^rCaiaphas, 4 ^sand plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Matthew 27:1

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

1 ^tWhen morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people ^utook counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

John 11:47-50

47So the chief priests and the Pharisees ^vgathered ^wthe council and said, ^x“What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and ^ythe Romans will come and take away both our ^zplace and our nation.” 49But one of them, ^aaCaiaphas, ^abwho was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. 50Nor do you understand that ^acit is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.”