Mark 14:53

The Jewish Trial

53. And they led Jesus away They bound Him first (John 18:12), and then conducted Him across the Kidron and up the road leading into the city.

to the high priest This we know from St John was Caiaphas. But our Lord was first brought to the palace of Annas his father-in-law (John 18:13). This was either at the suggestion of some of the ruling powers, or in accordance with previous arrangement, that his "snake-like" astuteness as president of the Sanhedrim might help his less crafty son-in-law. The palace seems to have been jointly occupied by both as a common official residence, and thither, though it was deep midnight, the chief priests, elders, and scribes repaired.