Earlier, these leaders had succeeded in having Jesus Christ condemned as a seditionist and killed as a criminal. And they were not about to stop their opposition.
فَقَدْ تَعَرَّضُوا لِضَغْطٍ كَبِيرٍ مِنَ ٱلْقَادَةِ ٱلدِّينِيِّينَ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا لَا يَزَالُونَ يُمَارِسُونَ تَأْثِيرًا كَبِيرًا عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ .‏