This posed a problem for the Jewish elders as they did not want the high priesthood tainted should Manasseh try partner with Jaddua as a priest.

In the Gospel of Nicodemus, the Jewish elders express anger at Joseph for burying the body of Christ, saying:

The Jewish elders then captured Joseph, and imprisoned him, and placed a seal on the door to his cell after first posting a guard.

Pilate then calls together the Jewish elders and says that he has "found no fault in this man".

A handful of Jewish elders and Muslim children observed that custom in tandem.

After further conversations between Pilate and the Jewish elders, Jesus is sent to be crucified on Calvary.

Later, a weeping Nekhama Krik reminds her husband that the Jewish elders are about to bar him from the synagogue.

Anti-Semitism is a topic of discussion for scholars regarding the poem: Elene's oppressive tactics towards the Jewish elders are rewarded in the end.

They are Jesus' disciples and also the priests who call for his crucifixion; they portray the Jewish elders as well as baffled onlookers in Jerusalem.