John 11:47-50
11:47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees
called the council
together and said, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.
11:48 If we allow him to go on in this way,
everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary
and our nation.”
11:49 Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, “You know nothing at all!
11:50 You do not realize that it is more to your advantage to have one man die for the people than for the whole nation to perish.”
Matthew 21:15
21:15 But when the chief priests and the experts in the law
saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,
“Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant
Luke 19:47-48
19:47 Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him,
19:48 but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.
Acts 4:16-17
4:16 saying, “What should we do with these men? For it is plain
to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign
has come about through them,
and we cannot deny it.
4:17 But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more
to anyone in this name.”
Acts 5:27-28
5:27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
5:28 saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”