Matthew 27:1

MATTHEW CHAPTER 27 Verses 1,2. Jesus is brought before Pilate. See also Mr 15:1, Lu 23:1; Joh 18:28, etc. Verse 1. When the morning was come. This was not long after he had been condemned by the sanhedrim. Peter's last denial was probably not far from three o'clock, or near the break of day. As soon as it was light, they consulted together for the purpose of taking his life. The sun rose at that season of the year, in Judea, not far from five o'clock; and the time when they assembled was not long after Peter's denial. The Chief Priests--took counsel. They had agreed that he deserved to die, on a charge of blasphemy.