Luk 22:66-71 | PNT | STEP | As soon as it was day . The Lord had already been examined by Annas, and tried and condemned before Caiaphas in the night. To make it legal a meeting had to be held after daylight. See notes on . The elders of the people . "The assembly of the elders of the people" (Revised Version). The Sanhedrin. Led him into their council . Before the formal meeting of the body. This is the second time Jesus was before it and the second condemnation.

Luke 22:66-71

As soon as it was day. The Lord had already been examined by Annas, and tried and condemned before Caiaphas in the night. To make it legal a meeting had to be held after daylight. See notes on Mt 26:57-68.

The elders of the people. "The assembly of the elders of the people" (Revised Version). The Sanhedrin.

Led him into their council. Before the formal meeting of the body. This is the second time Jesus was before it and the second condemnation. Art thou the Christ? He had already answered in the night and been condemned (Mt 26:63-64). His reply here is a protest. Art thou then the Son of God? To this he answered directly, and on this they condemned him. The charge was blasphemy in saying that he was the Son of God.