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One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.

When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.

…and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people.

And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.

And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?

Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.

At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,

Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him.

Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.

When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”

Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.

But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,

So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.

But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.

When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”

Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.

One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”

“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”

As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.

So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but only that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”

…along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.

On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out

At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

…as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!”

“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”

They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.