Mt. 27:1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of he people took counsel against Yeshua to put Him to death.
Lk. 22:66 As soon as it was day, the elders of the people, both chief priest and elders, came together and led Him into their counsel, saying,
According to Dr. Brad Young , it is highly doubtful that Yeshua ever appeared before the Great Sanhedrin. Leaders like Gamaliel would never have allowed such unfair proceedings in a trial. The Greek word “sunedrion” is the term used for council. Sometimes it has wrongly been understood to mean the prestigious high court of the Sanhedrin. During the trial of Yeshua, it becomes clear that this was their council, that this, the committee of Sadducean priests. Primarily they wanted to find a charge such as refusing to pay taxes to Caesar which would help the Romans in their judicial process. They wanted evidence of Yeshua’s Messianic claims for the Roman court. In any case, a meeting of the Sanhedrin under such circumstances was unthinkable.
Here we have an attempt to make an illegal trial look legal by conducting proceedings in the morning instead of at night. But this is like pouring a glass of water to try to fill an empty swimming pool. The damage had already been done.
Lk. 22:67 “If You are the Messiah, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will by no means believe.”
Lk. 22:68 “And if I also ask you, you will by no means answer me or let Me go.”
Lk. 22:69 “Hereafter the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the Power of God.”
Lk. 22:70 Then they all said, “Are You then the Son of God?” And He said to them, “You rightly say that I am.”
Lk. 22:71 And they said, “What further testimony do we need? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth.”
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