“Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.”
Matthew 27:1 (WEB)
Context Reading
1Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. 2They bound him, led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor. 3Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,