And then brought them before the Council. The High Priest demanded an explanation from them.

And, when they demanded a king, God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.

They found no ground at all for putting him to death, and yet demanded his execution from Pilate;

About whom, when I came to Jerusalem, the Jewish Chief Priest and the Councillors laid an information, demanding judgment against him.