And they who were sent, were of the Pharisees.

NOW there was a man of the Pharisees, whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

AS soon then as the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptised more disciples than John

The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.

Then the officers returned to the chief priest and Pharisees,

The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why did ye not bring him?

The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?

Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?

[Now] Nicodemus (being a leading Pharisee, and the one who went to talk to Jesus one night), said to them,

And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst,

The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.

They bring to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. And he said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was division among them.

But these Jews [i.e., Pharisees] did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight back until they called his parents

The Pharisees said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he restore your sight?"

The man replied, "Is not that strange! You do not know where he came from and yet he restored my sight! [Note: The next sentence may be the beggar stating the Pharisees' argument. See verse 24].

Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?

Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

So the high priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.

Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where he was should tell them so that they could arrest him.

Then the Pharisees told one another, "You see, there is nothing you can do. Look, the world has gone after him!"

Yet many people, even some of the authorities, believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not admit it so they would not be thrown out of the synagogue.

So Judas took a detachment of soldiers and some officers from the high priests and the Pharisees and went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.