Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled.
The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death. Matthew 26:57+59
Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. Matthew 27:1
The death penalty for God's Son