Mar 11:27 | RWP | e4.org | The chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders ( ο αρχιερεις κα ο γραμματεις κα ο πρεσβυτερο ). Note the article with each separate group as in and . These three classes were in the Sanhedrin. Clearly a large committee of the Sanhedrin including both Sadducees and Pharisees here confront Jesus in a formal attack upon his authority for cleansing the temple and teaching in it.

‏ Mark 11:27

The chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders ( ο αρχιερεις κα ο γραμματεις κα ο πρεσβυτερο ). Note the article with each separate group as in Lu 20:1 and Mt 21:23. These three classes were in the Sanhedrin. Clearly a large committee of the Sanhedrin including both Sadducees and Pharisees here confront Jesus in a formal attack upon his authority for cleansing the temple and teaching in it.