The Pharisees: Many Rulers, Lawyers, and Scribes Were of

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

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

A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”