After the chief priests had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers
But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus as to how they might destroy him.
As they went, behold, some of the guards went into the city and brought word to the chief priests of all that had taken place.
and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were sleeping.’
So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a meeting of the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? For this man is doing many signs.
They were persuaded by him, and after calling in the apostles, they beat them, commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.