They took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders and the teachers of the law came together — the night trial before the full Sanhedrin is constitutionally irregular (night trials were prohibited by later rabbinic law) but the crisis demands immediate resolution. The gathering of all the chief priests, elders, and teachers of the law is the full council assembled for the most consequential verdict in Israel's history.

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