Somewhere in an undisclosed location within the walls of Jerusalem city.
Inside a relatively dark room without windows, a few lamps were giving weak light, not enough to completely dispel the darkness but strong enough to show the figures inside. There were thirty chairs placed in a circle. The chairs were all occupied. Thirty bearded old men occupied them, these men were wearing fashionable long robes of several colors but with the majority being white.
From the way they were seated and not even murmuring amongst themselves, it showed that they were waiting for an important person to appear and lead them in whatever it was that had gathered them together. The atmosphere was full of tension, secrecy, and urgency.