Matthew 26:3

26:3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Matthew 26:59

26:59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

tn Grk “Now the.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated.