Luk 23:1 | TNotes | STEP | 23:1 The council did not have the right to administer capital punishment (John 18:31 ), so they had to take Jesus before the Roman governor , who was in Jerusalem to maintain order during the potentially turbulent Passover festival.

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‏ Luke 23:1

23:1 ^a The council did not have the right to administer capital punishment (John 18:31 ^b), so they had to take Jesus before the Roman governor, who was in Jerusalem to maintain order during the potentially turbulent Passover festival.