Matthew 27:2

"Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death."

Key Reflection

This verse reveals the predetermined evil intent of the religious leaders, highlighting their refusal to see Jesus as a prophet or messiah. It sets the stage for the culmination of their conspiracy, foreshadowing how their actions would fulfill prophetic scriptures and reveal their true nature of rejecting divine truth.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 2. And when they had bound him. He was bound when they took him in the garden, Joh 18:12. Probably when he was tried before the sanhedrim, in the palace of Caiaphas, he had been loosed from his bonds--being there surrounded by multitudes, and supposed to be safe. As they were about to lead him to another part of the city now, they again bound him. The binding consisted, probably, in nothing more than tying his hands. Pontius Pilate the governor. The governor, appointed by the Romans, over Judea.

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