“When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:”
Matthew 27:1 (KJV)
Context Reading
1When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 3¶ Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,