Luke 22:66

As soon as it was day. [Day Trial Before the Sanhedrin, Luke 22:66-71=Matt. 27:1=Mark 15:1. Major comment: Luke. See Betrayal, Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus; Passion Week] The night trial before selected members of the Sanhedrin (see on Matt. 26:57-75), held in the home of the high priest, was not an official session, in spite of the fact that testimony was heard and a decision rendered. It was necessary to issue a formal call for a meeting of the Sanhedrin as soon as the sun rose, about 5:30 A.M. at that time of year in the latitude of Jerusalem. Hence, the essential features of the night trial had to be repeated. The day trial, therefore, resembles, in its main features, the night trial. That the night session was a meeting of the Sanhedrin is indicated in the statement that “as soon as it was day, the Sanhedrin again assembled” (DA 714).

Chief priests. See on Matt. 2:4; 26:3.

Scribes. See p. 55.

Led him. That is, from the guardroom at the palace of the high priest to the council chamber of the Sanhedrin.

Council. Gr. sunedrion, literally, “a sitting together”; hence, “an assembly.” In a special sense “the” sunedrion was the Sanhedrin. The term is undoubtedly used here in a technical sense to refer to the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem (see p. 67).