And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

And meaning to know the cause which they objected unto him, I brought him forth into their council.

And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;

and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,

And, wishing to know with certainty the offense of which they were accusing him, I brought him down into their Sanhedrin,

And wanting to know the reason that they objected to him, I brought him into their council.

Wanting to know exactly the ground of the charges they made against him, I brought him before their Council,

And when I would have known the cause,.... Or crime, he was guilty of:
wherefore they accused him: which they charged him with, and for which they beat him almost to death:
I brought him forth into their council; their court of judicature, the great sanhedrim.