John 7:45

New Century Version

The Temple guards went back to the leading priests and the Pharisees, who asked, “Why didn’t you bring Jesus?”

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The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus. So the leading priests and the Pharisees sent some Temple guards to arrest him.

Peter followed far behind to the courtyard of the high priest’s house, and he sat down with the guards to see what would happen to Jesus.

His parents said this because they were afraid of the elders, who had already decided that anyone who said Jesus was the Christ would be avoided.

But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

Then the leading priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the council. They asked, “What should we do? This man is doing many miracles.