and he began to explain to them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests, and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise again.

The chief priests and the Scribes heard this, and they began to seek means of destroying him; for they were afraid of him because all the crowd were greatly struck with his teaching.

Now two days later was the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. Both the chief priests and the Scribes were continually seeking how they might arrest him by a stratagem and kill him;

Then they took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and Scribes came with him.

When the chief priests continued making many accusations against him, Pilate repeatedly questioned him.

But the chief priests incited the crowds to have Barabbas released to them, instead.