When people ask the Pharisees if Jesus might be the Messiah, they call an emergency meeting. They're terrified his miracles and popularity will trigger Roman crackdown, costing them their power and endangering the nation.
Some went to the Pharisees to talk about this because they want confirmation. Could this be the Messiah, right? And we see later on that chapter the emergency meeting of the Pharisees where they're like, what are we to do? This man is doing many miracles and everyone is believing in him. And they were concerned that the Romans will take away their position and their nation because of that, right?
