⁵⁷ ¶ And those that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

⁵⁸ But Peter followed him afar off unto the patio of the high priest and went in and sat with the servants to see the end.

⁵⁹ Now the princes of the priests and the elders and all the council sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

⁶⁰ but found none; though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses

⁶¹ who said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.

⁶² And the high priest arose and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing to what these witness against thee?

⁶³ But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God.

⁶⁴ Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said it; nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven.

⁶⁵ Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

⁶⁶ What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

⁶⁷ Then they spit in his face and buffeted him, and others smote him with the staves,

⁴⁵ ¶ Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary and had seen what Jesus did believed on him.

⁴⁶ But some of them went unto the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

⁴⁷ Then the high priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, What shall we do? for this man does many signs.

⁴⁸ If we let him thus alone, everyone will believe on him, and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and the nation.

⁴⁹ And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all

⁵⁰ nor consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation be lost.

⁵¹ And this he spoke not of himself; but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;

⁵² and not for that nation only, but that he should also gather together in one the sons of God that were scattered abroad.

⁵³ So that from that day forth they took counsel together to kill him.