1. After Jesus finished saying all these things, he said to his followers,
2. “You know that the day after tomorrow is Passover. On that day the Son of Man will be handed over to his enemies to be killed on a cross.”
3. Then the leading priests and the older Jewish leaders had a meeting at the palace where the high priest lived. The high priest’s name was Caiaphas.
4. In the meeting they tried to find a way to arrest and kill Jesus without anyone knowing what they were doing. They planned to arrest Jesus and kill him.
5. They said, “We cannot arrest Jesus during Passover. We don’t want the people to become angry and cause a riot.”