The whole council rose and took him to Pilate.
Early in the morning the council of elders gathered together with the chief priests and religious teachers. Jesus was led before the council.
“Why do we need any more witnesses?” they said. “We've heard it ourselves from his own mouth!”
Now this has really happened right here in this city! Both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the foreigners and the people of Israel, united together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed as Messiah.
