What Does “Sanhedrin” Mean in the Bible?
Office or title
The council of the Jewish leaders of Jerusalem: priests, elders, and scribes. The high priest presided over it.
A detail
- In the Gospels: it judged Jesus, and later Peter, John, and Stephen.
Where it appears in the Bible
Mark 14:55; Acts 5:21
What the Bible says
Mark 14:55
And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might put him to death, and found none.
Acts 5:21
Who having heard this, early in the morning, entered into the temple, and taught. And the high priest coming, and they that were with him, called together the council, and all the ancients of the children of Israel; and they sent to the prison to have them brought.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catechism 596; Mark 14:55