196. The Consultation of the Sanhedrin to Destroy the Lord. Mt. 26:3–5; Mk. 14:1–2; Lk. 22:1–2

When the feast of the Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, drew near, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest named Caiaphas, and sought how they might destroy the Lord Jesus. And they took counsel to arrest Him by stealth and kill Him. But they said: Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people, for they feared the people.