Matthew 26:66 - Exposition

What think ye? He wishes to get a vote by acclamation, not in a formal way, as to the guilt of Christ and the punishment which he deserved. He is guilty of ( ἐ ì υοχος , worthy of, liable to ) death . This was the punishment pronounced by the Law on blasphemy (Le Matthew 24:16 ); the death was, however, to be by stoning ( Acts 7:58 ). This detail, as they considered it, was now exclusively in the hands of the Romans. We see that this meeting, which virtually doomed Christ to death, was not a regular council of the Sanhedrin; for it was not held in the appointed chamber, and was conducted at night, when criminal processes were forbidden. The meeting next morning ( Matthew 27:1 ) was convened for the purpose of considering how this informal sentence should be executed.