Event 30 – Christ’s Formal Condemnation

Matt 27:1-2, Mark 15:1, Luke 22:66-23:1, John 18:28a

^K Very early in the morning, ^L at daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and teachers of the law, met together, ^K and the whole Sanhedrin reached ^M the decision to put Jesus to death. They bound him, ^L and Jesus was led before them. “If you are the Christ,” they said, “tell us.”

Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me, and if I asked you, you would not answer. But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.”

They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?”

He replied, “You are right in saying I am.”

Then they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.”

^L Then the whole assembly rose and J led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor.