But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be liable to the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be liable to the council; but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be liable to hell-fire.

Then the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might kill him.

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council sought false witness against Jesus,

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

And having met together with the elders and taken counsel, they gave large mony to the soldiers,

And the Pharisees going out, straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

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

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

But the Pharisees and scribes made void the counsel of God, toward themselves, being not baptized of him.

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.

(He had not consented to the counsel and deed of them) of Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who also himself waited for the kingdom of God:

Then the chief priests and elders assembled a council and said, What do we?

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

But having ordered them to go out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

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

And hearing this, they went into the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest being come, and they that were with him, called together the council, even the whole senate of the children of Israel,

And having brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,

When they heard this, they gnashed their teeth, and took counsel to slay them.

But a certain Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honour by all the people, rising up in the council, ordered, to put the apostles out a little space:

And now I say to 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 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 coming upon him, dragged him away, and brought him to the council,

And all that were sitting in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face, as the face of an angel.

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

And on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty, what he was accused of by the Jews, he loosed him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come, and bringing Paul down, set him before them.

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

But Paul perceiving, that the one part were Saducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; for the hope of the resurrection of the dead am I called in question.

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the tribune, that he bring him down to you to-morrow, as though ye would more accurately examine the things concerning him: and we, before he came near, are ready to kill him.

And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee, to bring down Paul to-morrow to the council, as if they would enquire something concerning him more accurately.

And desiring to know the crime of which they accused him, I brought him before their council: Whom I found to be accused concerning questions of their law,

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

I appeal to Cesar. Then Festus, having conferred with the council answered, Hast thou appealed to Cesar? To Cesar shalt thou go.

And the counsel of the soldiers was, to kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim away and escape.

In him through whom we also have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him that worketh all things after the counsel of his own will,

I counsel therefore the younger women to marry, bear children, guide the family, give no occasion of reproach to the adversary.

Wherefore God being willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel, interposed by an oath:

I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified in the fire, that thou mayst be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayst be clothed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayst see.