Now those men had been sent from the Pharisees.

Now there was a man from the Pharisees, a leader of the Jews, whose name was Nicodemus.

Now when Jesus realized that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John

The Pharisees heard the crowd debating these things about him, so the high priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest Jesus.

Then the officers returned to the high priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why didn't you bring him?"

Then the Pharisees replied to them, "You haven't been deceived, too, have you?

None of the authorities or Pharisees has believed in him, have they?

But the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. After setting her before them,

The Pharisees told him, "You're testifying about yourself. Your testimony isn't valid."

So they brought to the Pharisees the man who had once been blind.

So the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had gained his sight. He told them, "He put mud on my eyes, then I washed, and now I can see."

Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

Some of the Pharisees who were near him overheard this and asked him, "We aren't blind, too, are we?"

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.