57 Then the ones who had arrested Yeshua led him away to Caiaphas the chief priest, where the religious teachers and the local elders had gathered together. 58 Peter followed along from a distance, and went inside to the chief priest’s courtyard, where he sat with the attendants and waited to see what would happen. 59 The chief priests and the whole council tried to find people who would bring false accusations against Yeshua so they could sentence him to death, 60 but even though many people wanted to try, they couldn’t find anyone suitable. Eventually, two others came up 61 [ref]and said, “We heard this man say, ‘I’m able to demolish God’s temple and rebuild it in three days.’ ”

62 So the chief priest stood and asked Yeshua, “Don’t you have any respond to what these men are accusing you of?” 63 But Yeshua stayed silent, so then the chief priest asked him, “I order you by the living God to tell us if you’re the messiah, the son of God.”

64 [ref]“You said it,” Yeshua responded. “However, I can tell you all that from now on, you’ll see humanity’s child sitting beside God in the position of power and coming in the clouds in the sky.”

65 [ref]Then the chief priest tore his robes and said, “He belittled God. Why would we need more witnesses after that? See here, you all heard him slander God. 66 What do you all think now?

“He should get the death penalty,” they answered.

67 [ref]Then they spat in Yeshua’s face and they beat him and slapped him 68 saying, “Prophesy to us, messiah. Who was it that just slapped you?”