Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 23:10

"And the chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him." — Luke 23:10 (ASV)

The chief priests and scribes.—The accusers seem to have accompanied the Accused. There was nothing strange in the presence of the Sadducean members of the higher priestly order, always seeking the favor of the powerful, at the court of the Tetrarch. Among the scribes may have been some of the Herodian section (see Notes on Matthew 22:16), who were likely to gain a hearing there, and had probably come up with their prince from Galilee.