Now after two days was the passover, and the feast of unleavened bread; and the high priests and the scribes were seeking how, taking Him by guile, they might kill Him;

and the high priests and scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were fearing the people.

And it came to pass, the next day, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,

And, having heard this, they entered at dawn, into the temple, and were teaching. And the high priest, having come, and those with him, called together the Sanhedrin, and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison-house to have them brought.

What

The Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, "Ye see that ye are effecting nothing! Behold, the world went away after Him!"

saying, "What shall we do to these men? for, indeed, that a notable sign has been done through them is manifest to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it;

Now, when both the captain of the temple and the high priests heard these words, they were thoroughly perplexed concerning them, what this might become.

General references

And, having gathered together with the elders, and having taken counsel, they gave a large sum of silver to the soldiers,

They bring to the Pharisees him who was once blind.