The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find any.

Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.

And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate.

Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.

‘What are we accomplishing?’ they asked. ‘Here is this man performing many signs.

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 ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.

But when they had commanded them to leave the council, they conferred with one another,

At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people.

When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin – the full assembly of the elders of Israel – and sent to the jail for the apostles.

And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach.

Now when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council, all the senate of the people of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honoured by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while.

But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.

Then he addressed the Sanhedrin: ‘Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men.

And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men.

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

Then they left the presence of the council rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.

So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin.

And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council,

All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.

Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him.

The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews. So the next day he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul and set him before them.

But on the next day desiring to know the real reason why he was being accused by the Jews, he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.

Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, ‘My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day.’

And looking intently at the council, Paul said, “Brothers I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.”

Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, ‘My brothers, I am a Pharisee, descended from Pharisees. I stand on trial because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead.’

Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him before you on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about his case. We are ready to kill him before he gets here.’

Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

He said: ‘Some Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul before the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about him.

And he said “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him.

I wanted to know why they were accusing him, so I brought him to their Sanhedrin.

And desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council.

Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin –

Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council,