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

Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond.

In ¹  the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law ²  and elders ³  – were mocking him: ⁴ 

After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, ¹  he asked them where the Christ ²  was to be born.

When ¹  the chief priests and the Pharisees ²  heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

The ¹  chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

So ¹  the high priest stood up and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”

The ¹  next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees ²  assembled before Pilate

“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. ¹  They will condemn him to death,

Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house ¹  the experts in the law ²  and the elders had gathered.

But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After ¹  going in, he sat with the guards ²  to see the outcome.

Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, ¹  “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now ²  you have heard the blasphemy!

When ¹  it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

Now when ¹  Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus ²  had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,

The ¹  chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

While ¹  they were going, some ²  of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.

From that time on ¹  Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem ²  and suffer ³  many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ⁴  and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

But when the chief priests and the experts in the law ¹  saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, ²  “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant