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When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
'The chief priests and scribes,' as in Matthew 20:18, signify the adulterations of good and the falsifications of truth.
(References: Apocalypse Explained 655)
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"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,