Luke 22:66-71
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
66 (A)When day came the council of elders of the people met, both chief priests and scribes,(B) and they brought him before their Sanhedrin.[a] 67 They said, “If you are the Messiah, tell us,” but he replied to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe,(C) 68 and if I question, you will not respond. 69 But from this time on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”(D) 70 They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?” He replied to them, “You say that I am.” 71 Then they said, “What further need have we for testimony? We have heard it from his own mouth.”
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- 22:66 Sanhedrin: the word is a Hebraized form of a Greek word meaning a “council,” and refers to the elders, chief priests, and scribes who met under the high priest’s leadership to decide religious and legal questions that did not pertain to Rome’s interests. Jewish sources are not clear on the competence of the Sanhedrin to sentence and to execute during this period.
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