But I say to you, that whoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the Judges; and whoever shall say to his brother, Simpleton! shall be in danger of the Council; and whoever shall say, Fool! shall be in danger of hellfire.

and took counsel together that they might seize Jesus by craft, and put him to death.

And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

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

And the chief priests and the whole council sought for testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death; and they found none.

And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests, having held a consultation with the elders and the scribes, and the whole council, bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

And when it was day, the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, came together, and brought him before their council, saying,

Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we to do, seeing that this man worketh many signs?

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

And hearing this, they went into the temple at daybreak and taught. But the highpriest and they that were with him came and called together the council, and all the elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

And having brought them, they set them before the council. And the highpriest questioned them,

But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, in high esteem with all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while,

and said to them [of the council], Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as to what ye are about to do in respect to these men.

They therefore went away from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame in behalf of that name;

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

And all that sat in the council, looking steadily upon him, saw his face like the face of an angel.

But after many days had passed, the Jews took counsel together to kill him;

for I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.

On the morrow, wishing to have certain knowledge why he was accused by the Jews, he released him, and ordered the chief priests and all the council to assemble; and bringing Paul down, he set him before them.

And Paul looking earnestly upon the council, said: Brethren! I have ordered my life in all good conscience before God to this day.

But Paul, perceiving one part to be Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried aloud in the council, Brethren! I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees; for the hope of the resurrection of the dead I am now tried.

Now therefore do ye with the council give notice to the chief captain, that he bring him down to you, as though ye were about to examine his case more thoroughly; and we are ready to kill him before he cometh near you.

And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul tomorrow into the council, as though thou wert about to inquire more thoroughly concerning him.

And wishing to know the crime of which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;

Or, let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the council,

Then Festus having conferred with the council, answered, Thou hast appealed to Caesar; to Caesar shalt thou go.

in whom we also obtained the inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will,