'Consultation' in the Bible
And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,
When it was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) conferred together against Jesus, [plotting how] to put Him to death [since under Roman rule they had no power to execute anyone];
So after consultation they used the money to buy the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.
So the latter held a conference with the Elders, and after consultation with them they heavily bribed the soldiers,
Then the Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians [to plot] against Him, as to how they might [fabricate some legal grounds to] put Him to death.
And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.