| Political/religious leaders would conspire against the Messiah. | |
| OT Prophecy | NT Fulfillment |
| Psalm 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, |
Matthew 26:3–4 [3] Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, [4] And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. Mark 3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. |
| Tanakh – Ketuvim – Psalms 2:2 | |
| The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together, against HaShem, and against His anointed. | |
| Hebrew OT – Psalms 2:2 | |
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[2:2] יִתְיַצְּבוּ מַלְכֵי־אֶרֶץ וְרוֹזְנִים נוֹסְדוּ־יָחַד עַל־יְהוָה וְעַל־מְשִׁיחוֹ |
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