Mark 11:18 Cross References - AUV

¹⁸ The leading priests and experts in the law of Moses heard this and began looking for some way to kill Jesus, because they were afraid of Him, since the whole crowd was amazed at His teaching.

²⁸ And so it happened when Jesus had finished [speaking] these words, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,

¹⁵ But when the leading priests and the experts in the law of Moses saw the wonderful things [i.e., miracles] He was performing and [heard] the children shouting in the Temple, “Hosanna to the son of David,” [See note at verse 9], they were filled with anger [i.e., over the acclaim being given to Jesus].

³⁸ But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir [to the vineyard]. Come on, let us kill him so we can take over his inheritance.’ ³⁹ So, they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

⁴⁵ And when the leading priests and Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they realized He was speaking about them. ⁴⁶ When they attempted to arrest Him, [they hesitated because] they feared [what] the crowds [might do], since they considered Jesus a prophet.

³ Then the leading priests and elders of the [Jewish] people were gathered in the courtroom of the head priest, named Caiaphas. ⁴ They were taking counsel together as to how they might take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.

²² They were amazed at His teaching for He taught them as one who had [real] authority, and not as the experts in the law of Moses.

⁶ And the Pharisees immediately went out and conferred with the Herodians against Jesus, plotting how they could kill Him. [Note: These Herodians were members of a political party favoring King Herod]

²⁰ It was because Herod was afraid of John, knowing he was a righteous and holy man, so he protected him. And Herod became very disturbed whenever he listened to John, yet he heard him gladly.

³² But, should we say ‘from men’ [instead]?” Now they feared the people, for all of them considered John to be a true prophet.

¹² And they [i.e., the leading priests and experts in the Law of Moses] attempted to arrest Jesus, but [hesitated because] they feared what the crowd might do, for they understood that He was speaking the parable against them. So, they left Him and went away.

¹ Now the Passover Festival and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were held two days later. [Note: This was the annual Jewish Festival week commemorating Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian bondage under Moses’ leadership. The unleavened bread was specially baked bread containing no yeast, which was eaten for seven days as part of the celebration]. And the leading priests and experts in the law of Moses were looking for a way to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him. ² But they reasoned, “We will not [take him] during the Festival, because it might start a riot among the people.”

²² So, everyone spoke well of Him and marvelled at the gracious words coming from His mouth. They said, “Is he not Joseph’s son?”

⁴⁷ And Jesus was teaching in the Temple every day. But the leading priests and the experts in the law of Moses and the leading men of the people were looking [for a way] to kill Him,

¹⁹ Then the experts in the law of Moses and the leading priests attempted to arrest Jesus right away, [but hesitated] because they feared [what] the people [might do], since they perceived that He had spoken this parable against them.

⁴⁶ The guards answered, “No one has ever spoken like this man.”

⁵³ So, from that day onward, the Jewish authorities began plotting [how] to kill Jesus. ⁵⁴ So, Jesus stopped traveling publicly among the Jews [in Judea], but left there and went to a district near the desert, to a town called Ephraim, where He remained with His disciples. [Note: Ephraim was a small town about 14 miles northeast of Jerusalem, near Samaria]. ⁵⁵ Now the Jewish Passover Festival was to be held soon and many people went up to Jerusalem from the countryside before the [actual] Festival in order to perform the ceremonial purification rituals. ⁵⁶ So, they began looking for Jesus and saying among themselves, as they gathered in the Temple, “What do you think? He will not attend the Festival, will he?” ⁵⁷ Now the leading priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he was to report it, so they could arrest Him.

²⁵ And as he discussed the matters of doing right, and [maintaining] self control and the coming judgment, Felix became terrified and answered, "Go on away for now; I will call you back when it is convenient for me."

⁵ And if anyone wants to harm them, fire will come out of their mouths and consume their enemies. And if anyone tries to harm them, he must be killed in the same way. ⁶ These witnesses have the authority to shut the sky up so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying. And they have the authority to turn the waters into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want to. ⁷ And when they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the pit [See 13:1ff; 17:3,7] will wage war against them, and overpower and kill them. ⁸ And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city [Note: See the following passages on this “great city,” 14:8; 16:19; 17:5,18; 18:2,10,16,18,19,21] where the Lord was crucified, which is spiritually called Sodom, or Egypt. ⁹ And people from among the races and tribes and language groups and nations will gaze at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and they will not permit their bodies to be buried. ¹⁰ And those people living on the earth will be glad over the death of them [i.e., the two witnesses. See verse 3], and they will celebrate by sending gifts to one another, because these two prophets had tormented those living on earth.