Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin^(A)

^57 (B)And those who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. ⁵⁸ But ^(C)Peter followed Him at a distance to the high priest’s courtyard. And he went in and sat with the servants to see the end.

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests, ^[a]the elders, and all the council sought ^(D)false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, ^60 [b]but found none. Even though ^(E)many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last ^(F)two ^[c]false witnesses came forward ⁶¹ and said, “This fellow said, ^(G)‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”

^62 (H)And the high priest arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?” ⁶³ But ^(I)Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, ^(J)“I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!”

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, ^(K)hereafter you will see the Son of Man ^(L)sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

^65 (M)Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His ^(N)blasphemy! ⁶⁶ What do you think?”

They answered and said, ^(O)“He is deserving of death.”

^67 (P)Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and ^(Q)others struck Him with ^[d]the palms of their hands, ⁶⁸ saying, ^(R)“Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who struck You?”

⁶¹ But ^(A)He kept silent and answered nothing.

^(B)Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”

⁶² Jesus said, “I am. ^(C)And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

⁶³ Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “What further need do we have of witnesses? ⁶⁴ You have heard the ^(D)blasphemy! What do you think?”

And they all condemned Him to be deserving of ^(E)death.

Before the High Priest

¹² Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him. ¹³ And ^(A)they led Him away to ^(B)Annas first, for he was the father-in-law of ^(C)Caiaphas who was high priest that year. ^14 (D)Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was ^[a]expedient that one man should die for the people.

Jesus Questioned by the High Priest

¹⁹ The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine.

²⁰ Jesus answered him, ^(A)“I spoke openly to the world. I always taught ^(B)in synagogues and ^(C)in the temple, where ^[a]the Jews always meet, and in secret I have said nothing. ²¹ Why do you ask Me? Ask ^(D)those who have heard Me what I said to them. Indeed they know what I said.”

²² And when He had said these things, one of the officers who stood by ^(E)struck^[b] Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, “Do You answer the high priest like that?”

²³ Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why do you strike Me?”

^24 (F)Then Annas sent Him bound to ^(G)Caiaphas the high priest.