CHAPTER 127/Tried by the Sanhedrin, Then on to Pilate

 MATTHEW 27:1-11 MARK 15:1 LUKE 22:66-23:3 JOHN 18:28-35

. MORNING TRIAL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN

. JUDAS ISCARIOT TRIES TO HANG HIMSELF

. JESUS IS SENT TO PILAT TO BE CONDEMNED

The night is drawing to a close when Peter denies Jesus for the third time. The members of the Sanhedrin have finished with their mock trial and have dispersed. Come dawn Friday morning, they reconvene, likely to give some cloak of legality to the illegal night trial. Jesus is brought before them. 

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