The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find any — the verdict has been predetermined: death. The evidence is being sought after the verdict has been decided — the trial is not a genuine evaluation but a legal formalization of the intention established in Mark 3:6 and repeated throughout the Jerusalem section. The failure to find evidence communicates that the prosecution is not based on genuine wrongdoing.

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