Now two days later was the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. Both the chief priests and the Scribes were continually seeking how they might arrest him by a stratagem and kill him;

The high priest and the Scribes continually sought means to put him to death.

There was held in Jerusalem, next morning, a meeting of their rulers, the elders and scribes,

When they heard this they went at early dawn to the Temple, and began to teach. Meantime when the high priest and his followers arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin and all the Council of the Elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to fetch the apostles.

What

Then the Pharisees said among themselves. "You see! You can do nothing! Look! The world is gone after him!"

"What," said they, "shall we do with these men? For it is well known throughout Jerusalem that a notable miracle has been performed by them, and we cannot deny it.

When the officer in charge of the Temple and the high priest heard these words, they were perplexed concerning them, wondering what would come of it.

General references

And when they had met with the elders and conferred together, they heavily bribed the soldiers and told them to say,

Then they brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees.