{Rulers and elders and scribes} (	ous archontas kai tous
presbuterous kai tous grammateis). The three classes composing
the Sanhedrin (rulers=chief priests who were Sadducees, the
scribes usually Pharisees, the elders not in either class: 24
priests, 24 elders, 22 scribes). {Were gathered together}
(sunachth(886e)ai). First aorist passive infinitive of sunag(935c)
with accusative of general reference and the subject of
egeneto.