Matthew 27:12, 13, 20, 41, 42, 62, 63

When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer.

Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?”

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.

In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him.

“He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.

“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’