(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,

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

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

Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why didn't you bring him back with you?"

Then the Pharisees answered, "You haven't been deceived too, have you?

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

The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them

So the Pharisees objected, "You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!"

They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.

So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. He replied, "He put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I am able to see."

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?" Thus there was a division among them.

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him, "We are not blind too, are we?"

But some of them went to the Pharisees and reported to them what Jesus had done.

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

Thus the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!"

Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.

So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons.