So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born.

It was then that Jesus Christ for the first time explained to his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and endure great suffering there at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day.

"We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

But when the high priests and the scribes saw the wonders that he did and saw the boys shouting in the Temple, "God bless the Son of David!" they were indignant,

When he had entered the Temple, and was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came up to him, and said, "What authority have you for doing as you do, and who gave you this authority?"

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his figures, they knew that he was speaking about them,

Then the high priests and the elders of the people gathered in the house of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

Then one of the Twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the high priests,

Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people.

One of the men with Jesus put out his hand and drew his sword, and striking at the high priest's slave, cut his ear off.

The men who had seized Jesus took him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, at whose house the scribes and elders had gathered.

And Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest's house, and he went inside and sat down among the attendants to see how it came out.

Now the high priests and the whole council were trying to get false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

And the high priest got up and said to him, "Have you no answer to make? What about their evidence against you?"

But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I charge you, on your oath, by the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the son of God."

Then the high priest tore his clothing and said, "He has uttered blasphemy! What do we want of witnesses now? Here you have heard his blasphemy!

When it was morning, all the high priests and elders of the people held a consultation about Jesus, with a view to putting him to death.

Then Judas who had betrayed him, when he saw that he had been condemned, in his remorse brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders,

The high priests gathered up the money, and they said, "It is not legal to put this into the Temple treasury, for it is blood money."

And while the high priests and elders were making their charges against him, he made no answer.

But the high priests and the elders prevailed on the crowd to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death.

And the high priests, too, made sport of him with the scribes and elders, and said,

On the next day, that is, the day after the Preparation Day, the high priests and Pharisees went in a body to Pilate

While they were on their way, some of the guard went into the city and reported to the high priests all that had happened.

How is it that he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the Presentation Loaves, which it is against the law for anyone but the priests to eat, and gave some to his companions too?"

Then he explained to them for the first time that the Son of Man must go through much suffering, and be refused by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, and be killed, and rise again three days after.

"See!" he said, "we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the heathen

The high priests and the scribes heard of this, and they cast about for a way of destroying him, for they were afraid of him, for all the people were amazed at what he taught.

Then they went into Jerusalem again. And as Jesus was walking about in the Temple, the high priests, scribes, and elders came up

It was now two days before the festival of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. And the high priests and scribes were casting about for a way to arrest him by stealth and put him to death,

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the high priests to betray Jesus to them.

Just at that moment, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a crowd of men with swords and clubs, from the high priests, scribes, and elders.

But one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck at the high priest's slave and cut his ear off.

They took Jesus away to the high priest, and all the high priests, elders, and scribes came together.

And Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest and sat down with the attendants and warmed himself at the fire.

The high priests and the whole council tried to get evidence against Jesus in order to put him to death, and they could find none,

Then the high priest got up and came forward into the center and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What about their evidence against you?"

But Jesus was silent and made no answer. The high priest again questioned him and said to him, "Are you the Christ, the son of the Blessed One?"

Then the high priest tore his clothing, and said, "What do we want of witnesses now?

While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's maids came up,

As soon as it was daylight, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes, and they and the whole council bound Jesus and took him away and handed him over to Pilate.

And the high priests kept heaping accusations upon him.

For he knew that the high priests had handed him over to him out of envy.

But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to set Barabbas free for them instead.

The high priests too made sport of him to one another with the scribes and said, "He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

and said, "The Son of Man must endure great suffering and be refused by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day."

Every day he taught in the Temple, and the high priests and scribes and the leading men of the people were trying to destroy him,

One day as he was teaching the people in the Temple, and preaching the good news, the high priests and scribes came up with the elders

And the scribes and high priests wanted to arrest him then and there, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had aimed this illustration at them.

And the high priests and the scribes were casting about for a way to put him to death, for they were afraid of the people.

And he went off and discussed with the high priests and captains of the Temple how he could betray him to them.

And one of them did strike at the high priest's slave and cut his right ear off.

And Jesus said to the high priests, captains of the Temple, and elders who had come to take him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as though I were a robber?

Then they arrested him and led him away and took him to the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.

As soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the high priests and scribes assembled, and brought him before their council, and said to him,

And Pilate said to the high priests and the crowd, "I cannot find anything criminal about this man."

Meanwhile the high priests and the scribes stood by and vehemently accused him.

Pilate summoned the high priests and the leading members of the council and the people,

and how the high priests and our leading men gave him up to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified.

The Pharisees heard the people saying these things about him in whispers, and the high priests and the Pharisees sent attendants to arrest him.

The attendants went back to the high priests and Pharisees, and they said to the attendants, "Why have you not brought him?"

Then the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and they said, "What are we to do about the fact that this man is showing so many signs?

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them,

Now he was not self-moved in saying this, but as high priest for that year he was inspired to say that Jesus was to die for the nation??52 and not only for the nation but also for the purpose of uniting the scattered children of God.

For the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where he was should let them know, so that they might arrest him.

But the high priests planned to kill Lazarus also,

So Judas got out the garrison and some attendants from the high priests and Pharisees, and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword with him, drew it and struck at the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus.

and they took him first to Annas. For he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

But Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. This other disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest, and he went on with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard,

while Peter stood outside at the door. So this other disciple, the acquaintance of the high priest, went out and spoke to the woman at the door and brought Peter in.

Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

When he said this, one of the attendants who stood near struck him and said, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"

So Annas sent him over still bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

One of the high priest's slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you with him in the garden?"

Pilate answered, "Do you take me for a Jew? Your own people and the high priests handed you over to me. What offense have you committed?"

When the high priests and their attendants saw him, they shouted, "Have him crucified! Have him crucified!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and have him crucified, for I can find nothing to charge him with."

At that they shouted, "Kill him! Kill him! Have him crucified!" Pilate said to them, "Am I to crucify your king?" The high priests answered, "We have no king but the emperor!"

So the Jewish high priests said to Pilate, "Do not write 'The king of the Jews,' but write 'He said, I am the king of the Jews.' "

As they were talking in this way to the people, the high priests, the commander of the Temple, and the Sadducees came up to them,

with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who belonged to the high priest's family.

After being released, the apostles went back to their friends, and told them what the high priests and members of the council had said to them.

This aroused the high priest and all his supporters, the party of the Sadducees, and filled them with jealousy,

And they obeyed, and about daybreak went into the Temple and began to teach. The high priest and his party came over and called together the council and indeed the whole senate of the Israelites, and sent to the prison to have the apostles brought in.

When the commander of the Temple and the high priests heard this report, they were very much at a loss as to what would come of it.

So they brought them before the council. The high priest called on them for an explanation.

The high priest said, "Is this statement true?"

Now Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the Lord's disciples, went to the high priest,

Everyone was astonished, and said, "Is not he the man who made such havoc of the people in Jerusalem who call upon that name, and who came here especially for the purpose of arresting such persons and taking them before the high priests?"

A Jewish high priest named Sceva had seven sons who were doing this.

as the high priest and the whole council will bear me witness. In fact, they gave me letters to the brothers in Damascus and I went there to bind those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.

The next day, as he wished to find out the real reason why the Jews denounced him, he had him unbound and ordered the high priests and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.

At this the high priest Ananias ordered the people who were standing nearest to him to strike him on the mouth.

But the people who stood near him said, "Do you mean to insult God's high priest?"

"I did not know, brothers," said Paul, "that he was high priest, for the Scripture says, 'You shall not say anything against any ruler of your people.' "

and they went to the high priests and elders and said to them, "We have taken a solemn oath not to touch anything to eat till we have killed Paul.

Five days later, the high priest Ananias came down with some of the elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they presented their case against Paul before the governor.

and the high priests and Jewish leaders presented their charges against Paul,

and when I was at Jerusalem the Jewish high priests and elders presented their case against him, and asked for his conviction.

That was what I did at Jerusalem when on the authority of the high priests I put many of God's people in prison. When they were put to death, I cast my vote against them,