John Gill Commentary Luke 22:66

"And as soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into their council, saying," — Luke 22:66 (ASV)

And as soon as it was day
(See Gill on Matthew 27:1).

The elders of the people ;
or "the presbytery of the people", that were chosen from among the people to sit in the sanhedrim; the Israelites, as distinct from priests and Levites, and the doctors:

and the chief priests and the Scribes came together ;
which made up the great sanhedrim, or council of the nation:

and led him into their council ;
or sanhedrim, the place where the sanhedrim sat, which was in the temple, and in the chamber called (tyzgh tkvl) , "the paved stone chamber" ^F14 ; here they usually met, and so the Persic version renders it, "where their congregation was daily there".

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FOOTNOTES:

• F14: Misna Saobedrin, c. 10. sect. 2. & Middot, c. 5. sect. 3.