with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the rest of the high priest's family.

After they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and told them everything the high priests and the elders had said.

Then the high priest and all those from the sect of the Sadducees who were with him were filled with jealousy. So they went out,

After the apostles heard this, they went into the Temple at daybreak and began to teach. The high priest and those who were with him arrived, called the Council and all the elders of Israel together, and sent word to the prison to have the men brought in.

When the commander of the Temple guards and the high priests heard these words, they were utterly at a loss as to what could have happened to them.

When they brought them back, they made them stand before the Council, and the high priest began to question them.

Then the high priest asked, "Is this true?"

Meanwhile, still spewing death threats against the Lord's disciples, Saul went to the high priest.

He is here with authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call on your name."

Everyone who heard him was astonished and said, "This is the man who harassed those who were calling on Jesus' name in Jerusalem, isn't it? Didn't he come here to bring them in chains to the high priests?"

Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.

as the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. I also received letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, and I was going there to tie up those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.

The next day, since the tribune wanted to find out exactly what Paul was being accused of by the Jews, he released him and ordered the high priests and the entire Council to meet. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

Then the high priest Ananias ordered the men standing near him to strike him on the mouth.

The men standing near him asked, "Do you mean to insult God's high priest?"

Paul answered, "I didn't realize, brothers, that he is the high priest. After all, it is written, "You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.'"

They went to the high priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to taste any food before we have killed Paul.

Five days later, the high priest Ananias arrived with certain elders and Tertullus, an attorney, and they summarized their case against Paul before the governor.

The high priests and Jewish leaders informed him of their charges against Paul, urging

When I went to Jerusalem, the high priests and the Jewish elders informed me about him and asked me to condemn him.

That is what I did in Jerusalem. I received authority from the high priests and locked many of the saints in prison. And when I cast my vote against them, they were put to death.

"That is how I happened to be traveling to Damascus with authority based on a commission from the high priests.