Matthew 26:3
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,
Study Note
Study Note
The gathering of chief priests, scribes, and elders 'in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas' represents the convergence of political and religious power against Jesus, fulfilling Psalm 2:2's image of rulers conspiring against the Lord's anointed. Caiaphas held the high priesthood from AD 18-36, an unusually long tenure sustained by his alliance with the Roman prefect Pontius Pilate, suggesting the trial was as much political calculation as theological conviction. Their decision 'not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people' reveals the gap between institutional religion and popular piety — the crowds still admired Jesus even as the hierarchy plotted his death. John 11:49-52 presents Caiaphas's verdict as unwitting prophecy, a Johannine irony on the limits of priestly perception.
Other Translations
Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;
Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;
Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
Cross References
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, …
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the …
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that …
But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even …
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, …