Digging up dirt on your opponent.

Those in charge sent spies to dig up dirt on Jesus
The government of Rome was concerned about Jesus. The ones doing the bidding for Rome were the religious powers, the religious authorities doing the bidding of Rome and their own authority rather than representing the concerns of God our Father, This is Found in John's Gospel 7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. 33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. 34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. 35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the...