Perhaps the apostles accompanied the captain and his officers submissively because they remembered Jesus" example of nonviolence and nonretaliation when He was arrested ( Luke 22:52-53). Furthermore the guards" power over them was inferior to their own. They may have offered no resistance too because their appearance before the Sanhedrin would give them another opportunity to witness for Christ. [source][source][source]
The high priest introduced his comments with a reference to the authority of Israel"s leaders. Pilate had similarly threatened Jesus with his authority (cf. John 19:10-11). The high priest showed his dislike for Jesus by not referring to the Lord by name. Official Jewish opposition to Jesus was firm. He believed the authority of the Sanhedrin was greater than the authority of Jesus (cf. Matthew 28:18). The leaders earlier had instructed Peter and John not to teach ( Acts 3:18; Acts 3:21), but Peter had said they would continue to do so because of Jesus" authority ( Acts 3:19-20). Moreover Peter had charged Israel"s leaders with Jesus" death ( Acts 4:10-11). These rulers had rationalized away their guilt for Jesus" death probably blaming it on Jesus Himself and the Romans (cf. Acts 3:15). The Jewish leaders felt the disciples were unfairly heaping guilt on them for having shed Jesus" blood. However only a few weeks earlier they had said to Pilate, "His blood be on us and on our children" ( Matthew 27:25; cf. Matthew 23:35). [source][source][source]