'High Priest' in the Bible
So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people, and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.
It was just after that that Jesus Christ for the first time clearly taught His disciples that He had to go to Jerusalem and submit to many forms of suffering at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, but be raised to life on the third day.
"Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be turned over to the high priests and the scribes, and they will sentence Him to death,
But because the high priests and scribes saw the wonders that He did and the children shouting in the temple, "Welcome the Son of David," they were indignant
And when He had come into the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to Him while He was teaching, and asked, "What sort of authority have you for doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"
When the high priests and the Pharisees heard His stories, they knew that He was speaking about them,
Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
Then one of the Twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the high priests,
Even while He was still speaking, here came Judas, one of the Twelve, and with him a crowd, with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people.
One of the men with Jesus put out his hand and drew his sword, and with a thrust at the high priest's slave cut off his ear.
The men who had laid hands on Jesus took Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, at whose home the scribes and elders had met.
And Peter followed Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest's home; he even went inside and was sitting among the attendants to see how it would end.
Now the high priests and the whole council were trying to get false testimony against Jesus, to have Him put to death;
Then the high priest arose and said to Him, "Have you no answer to make? What do you say to the evidence that they bring against you?"
But Jesus kept silent. So the high priest said to Him, "I charge you, on your oath, in the name of the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
Then the high priest tore his clothes, and said, "He has uttered blasphemy, What more evidence do we need? You have just heard His blasphemy.
As soon as day broke, all the high priests and elders held a consultation against Jesus, to put Him to death.
Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, as he felt condemned, in remorse brought back the thirty pieces to the high priests and elders,
The high priests picked up the money and said, "It is not legal to put it into the consecrated treasury, for it is blood money."
And while the charges were being made against Him by the high priests and elders, He made no answer.
But the high priests and the elders lined up the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death.
And the high priests, too, made sport of Him, with the scribes and elders, and said,
On the next day, which is the day after the Preparation Day, the high priests and Pharisees met and went in a body to Pilate,
While they were on their way, some members of the guard went into the city and told the high priests everything that had taken place.
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