Luke 20:17-19 Part 3 of 3

Jesus looked at them and said, "Then what does this Scripture mean? 'The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.' Everyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone it falls on." The teachers of religious law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus immediately because they realized he was telling the story against them--they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the people's reaction.

The teachers of religious law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus immediately because they realized he was telling the story against them--they were the wicked farmers.

Luke 5:17  One day while Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of religious law were sitting nearby. (it seemed that these men showed up from every village in all Galilee and Judea, as well as from Jerusalem.) And the Lord's healing power was strongly with Jesus. [see verses 17-26]

Luke 5:30  But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus' disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with such scum?" [see verses 27-32]

Luke 9:22  "The Son of Man must suffer many terrible things," he said. "He will be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead." [see verses 18-27] 

Luke 19:47-48  After that [see verses 45-46], he taught daily in the Temple, but the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the other leaders of the people began planning how to kill him. But they could think of nothing, because all the people hung on every word he said.

 

But they were afraid of the people's reaction. 

Luke 22:2  The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people's reaction.

Matthew 7:28-29  When Jesus had finished saying these things [chapters 5-7], the crowds were amazed at his teaching, for he taught with real authority--quite unlike their teachers of religious law.

Matthew 21:46  They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

Mark 11:18  When the leading priests and teachers of religious law heard what Jesus had done [verses 15-17], they began planning how to kill him. But they were afraid of him because the people were so amazed at his teaching.        

 

(brackets are mine)

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