So the chief priests and the most prominent men ¹  of the Jews brought formal charges ²  against Paul to him.

“While doing this very thing, ¹  as I was going ²  to Damascus with authority and complete power ³  from the chief priests,

And since ¹  this was not done without a sworn affirmation – for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent ¹  as they perform their duties.

You have appointed ¹  them ²  as a kingdom and priests ³  to serve ⁴  our God, and they will reign ⁵  on the earth.”

After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, ¹  he asked them where the Christ ²  was to be born.

Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

But ¹  one of those with Jesus grabbed ²  his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest’s slave, ³  cutting off his ear.

The ¹  chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

When ¹  it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

The ¹  chief priests took the silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

While ¹  they were going, some ²  of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.

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

Then ¹  they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law ²  came together.

And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He ¹  was sitting with the guards ²  and warming himself by the fire.

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.

In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law ¹  – were mocking him among themselves: ²  “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

When ¹  he saw them he said, “Go ²  and show yourselves to the priests.” ³  And ⁴  as they went along, they were cleansed.

The ¹  chief priests and the experts in the law ²  were trying to find some way ³  to execute ⁴  Jesus, ⁵  for they were afraid of the people. ⁶