Sanhedrin Conspiracy
Life of Jesus · Draft · BSB
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Date: Final Passover through resurrection appearances. The crucifixion is commonly dated to AD 30 or 33. The closing stop extends through the forty-day appearance period in Acts; the whole group is not one eight-day interval.
With Passover approaching, chief priests and other leaders plan to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death. They discuss the risk of unrest among the festival crowds.
The accounts distinguish those planning the arrest from the people whose reaction they fear. This is the final-week planning scene; John’s earlier council response to Lazarus belongs to a different narrated occasion.
Primary Scripture
26:1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, He told His disciples,
26:2 “You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
26:3 At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
26:4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
26:5 “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
14:1 Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
14:2 “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
22:2 and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people.
Related Scripture
John’s earlier council scene provides a comparison with the final-week deliberation.
Location evidence
Matthew names the high priest’s courtyard in the Jerusalem setting. The city marker does not certify a particular excavated house.
Event map marker: Identified site; [longitude, latitude] = [35.23494, 31.77744]. This is a teaching marker, not an exact event venue.
Jerusalem: Identified site. Coordinates [longitude, latitude]: [35.23494, 31.77744]. Classification source: rule.
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For the class
Why does the crowd’s possible response shape the plan?
Interpretation and reuse
Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.
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Record source: editorial
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