And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sum of money to the soldiers
But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him, how to destroy him.
While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place.
and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council, and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
So they took his advice, and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.