Bible Verses About Courts of Justice: Presided over by high priest

The cohen hagadol stood up and said, "Have you nothing to say to the accusation these men are making?"

Yeshua remained silent. The cohen hagadol said to him, "I put you under oath! By the living God, tell us if you are the Mashiach, the Son of God!"

Yeshua said to him, "The words are your own. But I tell you that one day you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of HaG'vurah and coming on the clouds of heaven."

At this, the cohen hagadol tore his robes. "Blasphemy!" he said. "Why do we still need witnesses? You heard him blaspheme!

What is your verdict?" "Guilty," they answered. "He deserves death!"