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They were quite unable, however, to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
11
Then they privately put forward men who declared, "We have heard him speak blasphemous things against Moses and against God."
12
In this way they excited the people, the Elders, and the Scribes. At length they came upon him, seized him with violence, and took him before the Sanhedrin.
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Here they brought forward false witnesses who declared, "This fellow is incessantly speaking against the Holy Place and the Law.
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For we have heard him say that Jesus, the Nazarene, will pull this place down to the ground and will change the customs which Moses handed down to us."
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At once the eyes of all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin were fastened on him, and they saw his face looking just like the face of an angel.