Jewish%20thought for Sanhedrin 204:11

מאי מחמד עיניך לאו ס"ת

But perhaps [this refers to] an idol? — You cannot think so, because it is written, And all the leaders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid, 8. 'Elders', by which is meant scholars, would not have counselled him to hold fast to his idols. ');">¹⁷</span> But perhaps they were evil elders?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'elders of shame'. ');">¹⁸</span>

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