(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,

None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him, “We are not blind too, are we?”

So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons.

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, “This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division among them.