en_tn_condensed/jhn/05/16.md

Now

The writer uses the word "now" to show that the words that follow are background information. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background)

the Jews

Here "the Jews" is a synecdoche which represent the "Jewish leaders." Alternate translation: "the Jewish leaders" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche)