JESUS’ TRIAL

After Judas singled Jesus out for arrest, the mob took Jesus first to Caiaphas, the high priest. This trial, a mockery of justice, ended at daybreak with their decision to kill him; but the Jews needed Rome’s permission for the death sentence. Jesus was taken to Pilate (who was probably in the Praetorium/Antonia Fortress), then to Herod (Luke 23:5–12), and back to Pilate, who sentenced him to die.