Lexicon :: Strong's G2992 - laos

‘AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, IN THE LAND OF JUDAH,

ARE NOT IN ANY WAY LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH;

FOR FROM YOU SHALL COME A RULER

WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL.’”

THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING (living) IN [spiritual] DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT,

AND FOR THOSE WHO WERE SITTING (living) IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF [spiritual and moral] DEATH,

UPON THEM A LIGHT HAS DAWNED.”

And He went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news (gospel) of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people [demonstrating and revealing that He was indeed the promised Messiah].

FOR THIS NATION’S HEART HAS GROWN HARD,

AND WITH THEIR EARS THEY HARDLY HEAR,

AND THEY HAVE [tightly] CLOSED THEIR EYES,

OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES,

AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS,

AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND TURN [to Me]

AND I WOULD HEAL THEM [spiritually].’

‘THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS,

BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.

When He entered the temple area, the [fn]chief priests and elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what [kind of] authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority [to exercise this power]?”

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the [elegant home of the Jewish] high priest, whose name was [fn]Caiaphas,

As Jesus was still speaking, Judas [Iscariot], one of the twelve [disciples], came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, [who came as representatives] from the chief priests and elders of the people.

When it was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) conferred together against Jesus, [plotting how] to put Him to death [since under Roman rule they had no power to execute anyone];

‘THESE PEOPLE HONOR ME WITH THEIR LIPS,

BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME.

The people [outside in the court] were waiting for Zacharias, and were wondering about his long delay in the temple.

“Blessed (praised, glorified) be the Lord, the God of Israel,

Because He has visited us and brought redemption to His people,

To give His people the knowledge of salvation

By the forgiveness of their sins,

Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples,

Now the people were in a state of expectation, and all were wondering in their hearts about John, as to whether he was the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).

So with many other appeals and various admonitions John preached the good news (gospel) to the people.

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, the [visible] heaven was opened,

Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a vast multitude of people from all over Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon,

After He had finished all that He had to say in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.

He was teaching day after day in the temple [porches and courts]; but the chief priests and scribes and the leading men among the people were seeking [a way] to put Him to death,

On one of the days, as Jesus was instructing the people in the temple [area] and preaching the good news (gospel), [fn]the chief priests and the scribes along with the elders confronted Him,

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time [to another country].

The scribes and the chief priests tried to [find a way to] arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; because they understood that He spoke this parable against them.

And with all the people listening, He said to His disciples,

When day came, the Council of the elders of the people (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) assembled, both chief priests and scribes; and they led Jesus away to the council chamber, saying,

Pilate summoned the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

Following Him was a large crowd of the people, including women who were mourning and wailing for Him.