CHAPTER VI.
Jesus before Annas.
It was towards midnight when Jesus reached the palace of Annas, and his guards immediately conducted him into a very large hall, where Annas, surrounded by twentyeight councillors, was seated on a species of platform, raised a little above the level of the floor, and placed opposite to the entrance.

The soldiers who first arrested Jesus now dragged him roughly to the foot of the tribunal.

The room was quite full, between soldiers, the servants of Annas, a number of the mob who had been admitted, and the false witnesses who afterwards adjourned to Caiphas's hall.
Annas was delighted at the thought of our Lord being brought before him, and was looking out for his arrival with the greatest impatience.
The expression of his countenance was most repulsive, as it showed in every lineament not only the infernal joy with which he was filled, but likewise all the cunning and duplicity of this heart.

He was the president of a species of tribunal instituted for the purpose of examining persons accused of teaching false doctrines; and if convicted there, they were then taken before the High Priest.
Jesus stood before Annas.

He looked exhausted and haggard; his garments were covered with mud, his hands manacled, his head bowed down, and he spoke not a word.