Let us probe further, asking in what way and to what extent the priests and the Sanhedrin were involved. A distinguished Jewish commentator on the trial of Jesus, Paul Winter, would give priority to ...

Jesus’ interrogation before the Sanhedrin had concluded in the way Caiaphas had expected: Jesus was found guilty of blasphemy, ... This is how he comes across to us during Jesus’ trial.

The first (cf. Mk 14:65-15:1) took place after the trial of Jesus by the Sanhedrin. The priest’s attendants covered Jesus’ face, struck him and, in a cruel variant of the child’s game blind ...