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

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house<n id="1" /> the experts in the law<n id="2" /> and the elders had gathered.

<t /><p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

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

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now after Jesus<n id="1" /> entered the temple courts,<n id="2" /> the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, &#8220;By what authority<n id="3" /> are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?&#8221;