Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests and the elders and the whole council sought FALSE testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

In Context

58But Peter followed him from afar, as far as the courtyard of the high priest. And having entered inside, he sat with the subordinates to see the outcome.

60and they did not find it. And although many FALSE witnesses came, they did not find it.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:8So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, [and] who dwelt with Naboth.

Psalms 35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up, they ask me of things that I know not.

Proverbs 25:18A man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Mark 14:55Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, and did not find it.

Acts 6:11Then they instigated men who said, We have heard him speaking blasphemous sayings against Moses and God.

Acts 24:9And the Jews also agreed, claiming to have these things this way.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:58-69

Christ in the High Priest's Palace. 57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false… Read the whole commentary →

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