Psa 2:2, Mat 23:13, 26:3-4, Mar 15:1, Luk 23:1-2, Joh 18:28, Act 4:24-28 | ESV | STEP | The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together , against the Lord and against his Anointed , saying,

adCited from Ps. 2:1, 2

ae ver. 5

af ch. 10:38; Luke 4:18; Heb. 1:9; [Dan. 9:24; Rev. 11:15]

ah ver. 30

alSee Matt. 20:19

aoSee ch. 2:23

Psalms 2:2

2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his ^aAnointed, saying,

Matthew 23:13

13 “But woe ^bto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you ^cshut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you ^dneither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add here (or after verse 12) verse 14: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation}

Matthew 26:3-4

3 ^fThen the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in ^gthe palace of the high priest, whose name was ^hCaiaphas, 4 ⁱand plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Mark 15:1

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

1 ^jAnd as soon as it was morning, the chief priests ^kheld a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And ^lthey bound Jesus and ^mled him away and ⁿdelivered him over to ^oPilate.

Luke 23:1-2

Jesus Before Pilate

1 ^pThen the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man ^qmisleading our nation and ^rforbidding us to give tribute to ^sCaesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, ^ta king.”

John 18:28

Jesus Before Pilate

28 ^uThen they led Jesus ^vfrom the house of Caiaphas to ^wthe governor’s headquarters. ^{▼▼Greek the praetorium} It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, ^yso that they would not be defiled, ^zbut could eat the Passover.

Acts 4:24-28

24 And when they heard it, they lifted their voices ^aatogether to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, ^abwho made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, 25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, ^{▼▼Or child; also verses 27, 30} said by the Holy Spirit,

^ad“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and ^aethe rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his ^afAnointed’ ^{▼▼Or Christ}—
27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your ^ahholy servant Jesus, ^aiwhom you anointed, both ^ajHerod and ^akPontius Pilate, along ^alwith the Gentiles and ^amthe peoples of Israel, 28 ^anto do whatever your hand and ^aoyour plan had predestined to take place.