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Christian Bible part. New Testament. Matthew 2:4 is the fourth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The magi have informed King Herod that they had seen portents showing the birth of the King of the Jews. In this verse he calls together leading figures of Jerusalem to find out where Jesus was to be born.
Matthew 27:1. "The chief priests and elders of the people before Pontius Pilate". Biblical illustrations by Jim Padgett. Matthew 27:1 is the first verse of the twenty-seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse begins the chapter on the trial and crucifixion of Jesus.
The authority of Jesus is questioned whilst he is teaching in the Temple in Jerusalem, as reported in all three synoptic gospels: Matthew 21:23–27, Mark 11:27–33 and Luke 20:1–8. [1] According to the Gospel of Matthew: Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him.
Jesus predicted that the Son of Man would be handed over/betrayed to the elders, the chief priests, the scribes, and the teachers of the law. In the Second Temple period , the Sanhedrian members were called "elders," [ 23 ] a high priest was a "chief priest," [ 24 ] and the successors of Ezra the scribe - who became teachers of the law in those ...
Matthew 26 (Matthew 26:57) states that Jesus was taken to the house of Caiaphas the High Priest of Israel, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. Mark 14 states that Jesus was taken that night "to the high priest" (without naming the priest), where all the chief priests and the elders gathered.
Immediately, in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate. [ 3 ] In the previous chapter , Mark has stressed that "all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes", "all the council", had taken part in the overnight ...
Matthew 2 is the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.It describes the events after the birth of Jesus, the visit of the magi and the attempt by King Herod to kill the infant messiah, Joseph and his family's flight into Egypt, and their later return to live in Israel, settling in Nazareth.
The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. [1][2] In the ecclesiological sense of the term, "hierarchy" strictly means the "holy ordering" of the church, the Body of Christ, so to respect the diversity of gifts and ministries necessary for genuine unity. In canonical and general usage, it refers to those ...