As soon as the Sanhedrin could be formally convened, after dawn, there was a hurried meeting at which the leaders 'made their plans'. Jesus was taken immediately to the Roman procurator (whose court was usually in Caesarea on the coast but who came to Jerusalem during the Passover in case of any trouble). It is clear from the question of Pontius Pilate (15:2) that the religious leaders presented a charge against Jesus which made him appear a political agitator to the procurator, to whom a charge of blasphemy would have been meaningless.