Mark 14:64

they all condemned him Worse than false prophet, worse than false Messiah, He had declared Himself to be the "Son of God," and that in the presence of the high-priest and the great Council. He had incurred the capital penalty. But though they thus passed sentence, they could not execute it. The right had been taken from them ever since Judæa became a Roman province. The sentence, therefore, needed confirmation, and the matter must be referred to the Roman governor.