Matthew 26:60

And they were not able to get it, though a number of false witnesses came.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

In Context

59Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;

61But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:12Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

Daniel 6:4\6:3\Then this Daniel did his work better than the chief rulers and the captains, because there was a special spirit in him; and it was the king's purpose to put him over all the kingdom.

Titus 2:8Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.

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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