18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and fwere seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because gall the crowd was astonished at his teaching.
47 fAnd he was teaching daily in the temple. gThe chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, 48 but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on his words.
Can This Be the Christ?
25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom xthey seek to kill?
30 kSo they were seeking to arrest him, but lno one laid a hand on him, mbecause his hour had not yet come.
44 rSome of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
4 tand plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.