the day.

Matthew 26:17
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?"

Mark 15:42
Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

Luke 23:54-56
It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was just beginning. . . .

John 19:14, 42
It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, "Here is your King!" . . .

the chief priests.

Matthew 27:1, 2
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death. . . .

Psalm 2:1-6
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? . . .

Acts 4:27, 28
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed. . . .