Surely, they plotted to cast him down from his exaltation; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse in their inward parts. Selah.
And being questioned by the Pharisees as to when the kingdom of God comes, He answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation;
And watching carefully, they sent spies, pretending themselves to be righteous ones, in order that they might seize upon a word of His, so as to deliver Him up to the power and to the authority of the governor.
But a certain one standing up in the sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law honored by all the people, commanded the apostles to be put outside a little while.