But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

And when ye fast, be not, as hypocrites, of gloomy aspect: for they conceal their faces that they might appear to men fasting. Verily I say to you, That they have their reward.

[Then] the Son of man came eating and drinking [at festive occasions] and they said, 'Look, He is a glutton and a drunkard and a friend of tax collectors and worldly people.' It proves that [God's] wise counsel is right by the way things turn out."

Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

but the Pharisees hearing that he had dumb-founded the Sadducees, they met together in council.

and they took counsel together that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

for there is nothing conceal'd but what shall be made manifest: nor was any thing kept secret, but in order to be divulged.

you cling to what men hand down. You are fine teachers to cancel what God commanded, in order to keep what men have handed down!

Jesus leaving that place, went towards the frontiers of Tyre and Sidon; and entring into a house, desired to let nobody know it; but he could not be conceal'd.

Having left that place, they went a private way through Galilee: for he was willing to be conceal'd.

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

then the high priest rent his robes, and said to the council, what occasion is there for any more witnesses?

And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent and respected member of the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God—and he courageously dared to go in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

It proves that [God's] wise counsel is right in the eyes of all of her children [i.e., in the eyes of people known for their wisdom]."

whatever is now obscure, shall hereafter be made clear; whatever is now conceal'd, shall then be publickly known.

then the woman finding she could not conceal herself, came trembling, and kneeling down before him, confess'd before all the people, why she had touch'd him, and how she was instantly cured.

At that very time Jesus fell into a divine transport, and said, "I magnify thee, O father, the Lord of heaven and earth, for having conceal'd these things from the artful and the crafty, whilst thou hast reveal'd them to the unskilful. justly, O father, hast thou thus dispens'd thy favour."

for there is nothing conceal'd, which shall not be disclos'd; nothing secret, which shall not be made publick.

One Sabbath, when he went to take a meal at the house of a member of the council who was a Pharisee, they were watching him closely.

Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

A member of the council asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

and led him into their council, Saying, Art thou the Christ? Tell us. And he said to them, If I tell you, ye will not believe.

Then the entire group of them [i.e., of the Jewish elders, priests and law experts] got up [from their Council meeting] and took Jesus to [governor] Pilate.

Pilate summoned the high priests and the leading members of the council and the people,

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’

Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. Even the members of the council were scoffing at Him and saying, "He saved others, let Him now save Himself, if He really is the Christ of God, His Chosen One!"

Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and righteous man,

A man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), a good and honorable man

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

And he confessed [truthfully] and did not deny [that he was only a man], but acknowledged, “I am not the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)!”

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

then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus was conceal'd by the crowd which he pass'd thro', and so got out of the temple.

Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;

while ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. after having said these things, Jesus retir'd, and conceal'd himself from them.

Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

after this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but for fear of the Jews a conceal'd one, pray'd Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave: so he went and took the body of Jesus.

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

On the next day the leading members of the council, the elders, and the scribes met in Jerusalem,

Then Peter, filled with [the power of] the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people [members of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish High Court],

When the Council saw how boldly Peter and John spoke, and found that they were uneducated men of humble station, they were surprised, and realized that they had been companions of Jesus.

But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

When the rulers and Council members had threatened them further, they let them go, finding no way to punish them because [of their fear] of the people, for they were all praising and glorifying and honoring God for what had happened;

After being released, the apostles went back to their friends, and told them what the high priests and members of the council had said to them.

The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.'

For, of a truth, there were gathered together in this city, against Thy Holy Child Jesus, Whom Thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and peoples of Israel??28 to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel predetermined to come to pass.

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

and kept away part of the price, his wife also being of counsel: and brought a certain part, and laid it down at the apostles' feet.

And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

But when the officers arrived at the jail the apostles were gone, so they returned to the Council and reported,

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

Then he said to the Council, “Men of Israel, be careful in regard to what you propose to do to these men.

And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

And so the Council agreed [with Gamaliel's advice] and when they called the apostles back in, they had them beaten and ordered them never to speak in the name of Jesus [again]; then they released them.

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

Now when the Council members heard these things they were enraged and ground their teeth at him.

And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:

and their counsel against him was known to Saul; they were also watching the gates both day and night, that they may kill him,

and, after the reading of the Law and the prophets, the presidents of the synagogue sent to tell them, "Brothers, if you have any word of counsel for the people, say it."

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

After they had finished speaking, James addressed the Council. "Brothers," he began, "hear what I have to say.

and as Judas and Silas were themselves prophets, they encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many a counsel.

And Barnabas gave counsel, to take with them John called also Mark:

So they took him and brought him to the council of the Areopagus and said, "May we know just what this new teaching of yours is?

Then Paul stood up in the middle of the council and said, "Men of Athens, from every point of view I see that you are extremely religious.

So Paul left the council.

A few, however, attached themselves to him and believed, among them being Dionysius a member of the Council, a gentlewoman named Damaris, and some others.

But Gallio being pro-consul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rushed against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,

having made also three months' stay -- a counsel of the Jews having been against him -- being about to set forth to Syria, there came to him a resolution of returning through Macedonia.

that I have conceal'd nothing that might be useful to you, but have inform'd you of it, and instructed you therein, both in publick and in private:

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

as the high priest and all the Council of the elders (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) can testify; because from them I received letters to the brothers, and I was on my way to Damascus in order to bring those [believers] who were there to Jerusalem in chains to be punished.

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

A loud commotion developed [in the Council meeting]. Some of the teachers of the law of Moses who belonged to the Pharisee party stood up and argued, saying, "We can find nothing wrong with this man. What if an angel or spirit did speak to him?"

And when a serious debate broke out, the commander was afraid that Paul might [virtually] be torn apart by the mob, so he ordered his soldiers to go down [to the Council meeting] and forcibly remove Paul and take him to the battalion headquarters.

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly.

And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

Five days later, the high priest Ananias came down [from Jerusalem to Caesarea] with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus [acting as spokesman and counsel]. They presented to the governor their [formal] charges against Paul.

Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and were entered into the council house with the captains and chief men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth,

and the haven being incommodious to winter in, the more part gave counsel to sail thence also, if by any means they might be able, having attained to Phenice, there to winter, which is a haven of Crete, looking to the south-west and north-west,

And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it.