It was now two days before the Passover and Festival of Unleavened Bread. And the ruling priests and the scribes were (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) seeking (ezētoun | ἐζήτουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) how to seize him by treachery and put him to death,
Reference
Mark 14:1
Sequence
21