Matthew 26:63a
But Jesus remained silent.
The High Priest stood up and asked Jesus: “What is the evidence against you? Have you no answer to the things they testify against you?”
Finally, two men stepped forward and declared: “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the Temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
The chief priests and the entire Supreme Council needed some false evidence against Jesus so they could put him to death.
Peter followed Jesus from a distance, reaching as far as the High Priest’s courtyard; he went in and sat with the guards, waiting to see what would happen.
Jesus Before the Council Those who arrested Jesus took him to the house of High Priest Caiaphas, where the teachers of the law and the elders were gathered.
But all this happened in fulfillment of what the Prophets said.” Then all his disciples deserted Jesus and fled.
At that hour, Jesus said to the crowd: “Why do you come to arrest me with swords and clubs, as if I were a robber? Day after day, I sat among you, teaching in the temple, yet you did not arrest me.