'Council' in the Bible

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,

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

who came from the Jewish town of Arimathaea and was awaiting the coming of the Kingdom of God. He had not concurred in the design or action of the Council,