Matthew 26:59

And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death:

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

58And Peter followed him afar off, even to the court of the high priest. And going in, he sat with the servants, that he might see the end.

60And they found not, whereas many false witnesses had come in. And last of all there came two false witnesses:

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:8So she wrote letter's in Achab's name, and sealed them with his ring, and sent them to the ancients, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth.

Psalms 35:11Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew not.

Proverbs 25:18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour, is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Mark 14:55And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might put him to death, and found none.

Acts 6:11Then they suborned men to say, they had heard him speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.

Acts 24:9And the Jews also added, and said that these things were so.

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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