30 Caiaphas said, Be still, you men, and hear the charges read. The scribe took up a roll and read:
31 To the Sanhedrim of the Jews and to Caiaphas the high priest, most honored men:
32 The highest duty man can render to his nation and his own is to protect them from their foes.
33 The people of Jerusalem are conscious that a mighty foe is in their very midst.
34 A man named Jesus has come forth and claims to be the heir to David’s throne.
35 As an impostor he is foe, and in the name of every loyal Jew we here submit these charges, which we are competent to prove:
36 And first, he blasphemes God; he says he is the son of God; that he and God are one;
37 And he profanes our holy days by healing, and by doing other work upon the Sabbath days;
38 And he proclaims himself the king, successor of our David and our Solomon;
39 And he declares that he will tear our temple down and build it up again in form more glorious in three days;