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 — the Sanhedrin convenes in response to the report about Lazarus, explicitly acknowledging that Jesus is performing many signs (sēmeia polla). Their question expresses frustration and urgency: they recognize the threat Jesus poses and the inability of their current responses to address it.

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