Étude 1 sur 3 · Les pharisiens envisagent d’assassiner le Messie Jésus

  1. Étude 1 : Les pharisiens envisagent d’assassiner le Messie Jésus
  2. Étude 2 : Complot contre le Messie Jésus qui se retire à Ephraïm
  3. Étude 3 : Le complot contre le Messie Jésus

From the second to the third Passover festival

  • PER078 The Pharisees plan to murder Jesus the Messiah

    Pericope 78 recounts the Pharisees' decision to murder Jesus the Messiah following the healing of the man with the paralysed hand on a Sabbath. In AD 31, in Capernaum, a clear divide separates the hostile religious authorities from the admiring people. Dissenting voices such as Nicodemus and Gamaliel testify to internal opposition within the Sanhedrin. Despite this plot, Jesus resolutely continues his ministry.

    John 18.14 (King James Version) :
    Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
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From the 3rd Passover to the start of the final week

  • PER274 Plot against the Messiah Jesus, who withdraws to Ephraim

    This article describes the plot of the Jewish authorities against Jesus after the resurrection of Lazarus. Faced with the threat they perceive in Jesus’ miracles, they decide to kill him. Jesus withdraws to Ephraim in anticipation of the crucifixion, while the plot paradoxically aligns with the divine plan.

    John 11.54 (King James Version) :
    Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
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The last week before the arrest

  • PER308 The plot against the Messiah Jesus

    The plot against Jesus is devised by the religious authorities before the Passover, with Judas’s help. Caiaphas convenes the Sanhedrin to condemn Jesus, regarded as a threat, by using false witnesses. Pilate is informed so as to facilitate the arrest on the Mount of Olives.

    Mark 14.1-2 (King James Version) :
    After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
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    Level: Intermediate Level: Intermediate