Mark 11:27

11:27 They came again to Jerusalem. ¹  While Jesus ²  was walking in the temple courts, ³  the chief priests, the experts in the law, ⁴  and the elders came up to him

Mark 14:53

Condemned by the Sanhedrin

14:53 Then ⁵  they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law ⁶  came together.

Mark 14:55

14:55 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 anything.

Mark 15:31

15:31 In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law ⁷  – were mocking him among themselves: ⁸  “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

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¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “the temple.”

⁴ tn Or “the chief priests, the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁶ tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

⁷ tn Or “with the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22. Only “chief priests” is in the nominative case; this sentence structure attempts to capture this emphasis.

⁸ tn Grk “Mocking him, the chief priests…said among themselves.”