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Luke 24:20
Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Two disciples on the road to Emmaus recount recent events to the risen Jesus, identifying the religious authorities who authorized His execution. They report that the chief priests and rulers handed Him over to be condemned and crucified.
The words — The Greek term paredōkan (delivered up) and the phrase hoi archiereis (the chief priests) specify the exact agents who transferred Jesus to Roman execution. The text records their action of handing Him over before stating the result of crucifixion.
The thread — This account of the chief priests and rulers delivering Jesus aligns with the cross-references Matthew 27:20, Luke 23:13, and Acts 3:13. Matthew 27:20 shows the chief priests and elders persuading crowds to demand His death, Luke 23:13 records Pilate summoning the chief priests, rulers, and people, and Acts 3:13 notes that the listeners themselves handed Him over.
Why it lands — The passage requires readers to acknowledge the specific human authorities who authorized the crucifixion without minimizing their responsibility. It demands a clear-eyed assessment of how religious leadership actively participated in Jesus' condemnation.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
Cross-references
- Matthew 27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
- Luke 23:13 Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
- Acts 3:13 The 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.
- Acts 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
- Acts 13:27 The 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.
- Matthew 27:1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
- Mark 15:1 Early 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.
- Luke 22:66 At 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,
- Acts 4:27 In 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.
- Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.