When the chief priests were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave much money to the soldiers,
Then the Pharisees went out and took counsel against Him, how they might kill Him.
While they were going, behold, some of the soldiers went into the city and described to the chief priests everything that had happened.
saying, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were sleeping.’
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled the Sanhedrin and said, “What shall we do? This Man is performing many signs.
They agreed with him. When they had called in the apostles, they beat them, and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.