⁴ and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.^(A)

Jesus Anointed at Bethany^(A)(B)(C)

14 Now the Passover^(D) and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.^(E)

² and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus,^(A) for they were afraid of the people.

³⁰ At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,^(A) because his hour had not yet come.^(B)

⁴⁴ Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.^(A)

⁵⁹ At this, they picked up stones to stone him,^(A) but Jesus hid himself,^(B) slipping away from the temple grounds.

³¹ Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,^(A)

³⁹ Again they tried to seize him,^(A) but he escaped their grasp.^(B)

⁵³ So from that day on they plotted to take his life.^(A)