The Council Condemns Jesus after Conflicted Testimony

The witnesses do not agree; he still tells them who he is

They lead Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. Peter follows him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest, and sits with the servants, and warms himself at the fire. The chief priests and all the council seek for witness against Jesus to put him to death, and find none. Many bear false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. Some arise and bear false witness, saying, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. But neither so did their witness agree together.

The high priest stands up in the midst and asks, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? Jesus holds his peace. Again the high priest asks, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? Jesus says, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. The high priest rends his clothes and says, What need we any further witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? They all condemn him to be guilty of death. Some begin to spit on him, to cover his face, to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. This is a night hearing of Jerusalem's assembled leadership, not a verdict of the Jewish people. The hearing does not make Jewish people collectively guilty for Jesus' death. Guilt is particular. It is not a race. Rome still holds the power to crucify.