1 Samuel 19:1

Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life

19:1 Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much. ¹ 

Psalms 31:13

31:13 For I hear what so many are saying, ² 

the terrifying news that comes from every direction. ³ 

When they plot together against me,

they figure out how they can take my life.

Psalms 37:12

37:12 Evil men plot against the godly ⁴ 

and viciously attack them. ⁵ 

Psalms 37:32

37:32 Evil men set an ambush for the godly

and try to kill them. ⁶ 

Psalms 94:21

94:21 They conspire against ⁷  the blameless, ⁸ 

and condemn to death the innocent. ⁹ 

Psalms 105:25

105:25 He caused them ¹⁰  to hate his people,

and to mistreat ¹¹  his servants.

Psalms 109:4

109:4 They repay my love with accusations, ¹² 

but I continue to pray. ¹³ 

Matthew 21:38

21:38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

Matthew 27:1

Jesus Brought Before Pilate

27:1 When ¹⁴  it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

Mark 12:7

12:7 But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’

Mark 14:1

The Plot Against Jesus

14:1 Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law ¹⁵  were trying to find a way ¹⁶  to arrest Jesus ¹⁷  by stealth and kill him.

Luke 20:14-15

20:14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!’ 20:15 So ¹⁸  they threw him out of the vineyard and killed ¹⁹  him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

John 11:53

11:53 So from that day they planned together to kill him.

Acts 23:12

The Plot to Kill Paul

23:12 When morning came, ²⁰  the Jews formed ²¹  a conspiracy ²²  and bound themselves with an oath ²³  not to eat or drink anything ²⁴  until they had killed Paul.

[19:1]  ¹ tn Heb “delighted greatly in David.”

[31:13]  ² tn Heb “the report of many.”

[31:13]  ³ tn Heb “the terror from all around.”

[37:12]  ⁴ tn Or “innocent.” The singular is used here in a representative sense; the typical evildoer and the typical godly individual are in view.

[37:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and gnashes at him with his teeth” (see Ps 35:16). The language may picture the evil men as wild animals. The active participles in v. 12 are used for purposes of dramatic description.

[37:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “an evil [one] watches the godly [one] and seeks to kill him.” The singular forms are used in a representative sense; the typical evildoer and godly individual are in view. The active participles describe characteristic behavior.

[94:21]  ⁷ tn Or “attack.”

[94:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “the life of the blameless.”

[94:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the blood of the innocent they declare guilty.”

[105:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “their heart.”

[105:25]  ¹¹ tn Or “to deal deceptively.” The Hitpael of נָכַל (nakhal) occurs only here and in Gen 37:18, where it is used of Joseph’s brothers “plotting” to kill him.

[109:4]  ¹² tn Heb “in place of my love they oppose me.”

[109:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “and I, prayer.”

[27:1]  ¹⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[14:1]  ¹⁵ tn Or “the chief priests and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

[14:1]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “were seeking how.”

[14:1]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:15]  ¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the tenants’ decision to kill the son.

[20:15]  ¹⁹ sn Throwing the heir out of the vineyard pictures Jesus’ death outside of Jerusalem.

[23:12]  ²⁰ tn Grk “when it was day.”

[23:12]  ²¹ tn Grk “forming a conspiracy, bound.” The participle ποιήσαντες (poihsantes) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[23:12]  ²² tn L&N 30.72 has ‘some Jews formed a conspiracy’ Ac 23:12”; BDAG 979 s.v. συστροφή 1 has “Judeans came together in a mob 23:12. But in the last pass. the word may also mean – 2. the product of a clandestine gathering, plot, conspiracy” (see also Amos 7:10; Ps 63:3).

[23:12]  ²³ tn Or “bound themselves under a curse.” BDAG 63 s.v. ἀναθεματίζω 1 has “trans. put under a curse τινά someone…pleonastically ἀναθέματι ἀ. ἑαυτόν Ac 23:14…ἀ. ἑαυτόν vss. 12, 21, 13 v.l.” On such oaths see m. Shevi’it 3:1-5. The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[23:12]  ²⁴ tn The word “anything” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.