But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”
So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.”
But if we say, ‘From man,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.”
And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.
And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”
declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?
Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.
But if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
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