Matthew 27:1
“Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:”
What does Matthew 27:1 mean?
By early morning, Jesus' trial had moved into its final, darkest phase. The religious leaders gathered together to finalize what they'd already decided in the night: they would hand him over to the Roman authorities to be executed. This verse marks the moment when their opposition to Jesus shifted from argument and accusation into a coordinated plan for his death, done openly in daylight rather than in shadows.