So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together. “What are we doing?” they said. “This man performs many signs.
In context
45Many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what he did, believed in him. 46But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together. “What are we doing?” they said. “This man performs many signs. 48If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him — and the Romans will come and sweep away both our place and our nation.” 49But one of them, Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year, said to them, “You understand nothing.