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Gathered a council (sunēgagon sunedrion). Second aorist active indicative of sunagō and sunedrion, the regular word for the Sanhedrin (Mat 5:22, etc.), only here in John. Here a sitting or session of the Sanhedrin. Both chief priests (Sadducees) and Pharisees (mentioned no more in John after Joh 7:47 save Joh 12:19, Joh 12:42) combine in the call (cf. Joh 7:32). From now on the chief priests (Sadducees) take the lead in the attacks on Jesus, though loyally supported by their opponents (the Pharisees).
And said (kai elegon). Imperfect active of legō, perhaps inchoative, “began to say.”
What do we? (Ti poioumen). Present active (linear) indicative of poieō. Literally, “What are we doing?”
Doeth (poiei). Better, “is doing” (present, linear action). He is active and we are idle. There is no mention of the raising of Lazarus as a fact, but it is evidently included in the “many signs.”