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.
Pirms gadiem viņiem bija izdevies panākt, ka Jēzu Kristu atzīst par dumpinieku un notiesā uz nāvi, un viņi gribēja apturēt arī Jēzus sekotāju sludināšanu.