Theophylact of Ohrid
Catena Aurea · Markusevangelium 14
And they led Jesus away to the High Priest: and with him were assembled all the Chief Priests and the elders and the Scribes. And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the High Priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. And the Chief Priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. But neither so did their witness agree together.
Though the law commanded that there should be but one High Priest, there were then many put into the office, and stripped of it, year by year, by the Roman emperor. He therefore calls chief priests those who had finished the time allotted to them, and had been stripped of their priesthood. But their actions are a sign of their judgment, which they earned on as they had prejudged, for they sought for a witness, that they might seem to condemn and destroy Jesus with justice.