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Consensus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠compulsory and premeditated in ritual; in Stephen's stoning it arrives by itself, "with one accord" — the event ritual copies.

Consensus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠itself grounds for suspicion when it accuses: by a Talmudic principle, an accused man condemned by all his judges should be set free at once.

Consensus (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not impress us when judges, witnesses and the accused all condemn a witch; one later reader dares to overturn the whole court.

Consensus (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the gods perfect: everything they do is right because they all do it together.

Consensus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the cry "Crucify him", in which all difference vanishes for a time between Caiaphas and Pilate, Judas and Peter, and those who let others cry it.