After being arrested, Jesus is taken to Caiaphas the high priest, where the Sanhedrin assembles and seeks false testimony against him to justify his execution, though the witnesses' accounts prove inconsistent until the high priest directly questions Jesus about being the Messiah, the Son of God. Jesus affirms his divine identity by declaring that the Son of Man will be seen seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven, prompting the high priest to tear his robes, accuse him of blasphemy, and secure the council's verdict of death, after which they spit on, strike, and mock him.