Deu 16:18, Mat 27:12-13, 20, 41-42, 62-63, Luk 23:2, Act 4:26-27 | ESV | STEP | You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes , and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment .

Deuteronomy 16:18

Justice

18 “You shall appoint ^ajudges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Matthew 27:12-13

12 ^bBut when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. 13 Then Pilate said to him, ^c“Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?”

Matthew 27:20

20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ^dask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

Matthew 27:41-42

41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42 ^e“He saved others; ^fhe cannot save himself. ^gHe is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

Matthew 27:62-63

The Guard at the Tomb

62 The next day, that is, after the day of ^hPreparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63 and said, “Sir, we remember how ⁱthat impostor said, while he was still alive, ^j‘After three days I will rise.’

Luke 23:2

2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man ^kmisleading our nation and ^lforbidding us to give tribute to ^mCaesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, ⁿa king.”

Acts 4:26-27

26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and ^othe rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his ^pAnointed’ ^{▼▼Or Christ}—
27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your ^rholy servant Jesus, ^swhom you anointed, both ^tHerod and ^uPontius Pilate, along ^vwith the Gentiles and ^wthe peoples of Israel,