Luke 24:20

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“Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.”

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BSBPD

“Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“how also the chief priests and our rulers did deliver him up to a judgment of death, and crucified him;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 24:20 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
  2. Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
  3. Mark 15:1Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
  4. Luke 22:66At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,
  5. Luke 23:13Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
  6. Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
  7. Acts 4:8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
  8. Acts 4:27In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
  9. Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
  10. Acts 13:27The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

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