Matthew 27:1
And when the morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, how they might put him to death.
Matthew 26:3-4
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the court of the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,
Matthew 26:59
And the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to get false evidence against Jesus, in order that they might have him executed;
Luke 23:1-2
Then the whole company rose up and brought him to Pilate,
Luke 23:5
But they repeatedly insisted, "He is stirring up the people throughout all Judea with his teaching which started from Galilee."