KJV ORIGINAL
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor's place for trial. It was early morning, and here's the ironic part — the religious leaders wouldn't even go inside because they thought it would make them 'unclean' and mess up their Passover meal.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
They cared more about keeping their religious rules than the innocent person they were destroying.
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