Mark 14:55

Those leaders and bosses, the whole Big Committee, did not like Jesus. They were looking for people to talk, to lie, “I saw Jesus disregarding God's law.”

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In The King James Version

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

In Context

54Peter was following them from a long way off, he also went in the gate of the Big Leader's house. That house was really big, rooms everywhere, with a yard in the middle. Peter entered that yard. There in the middle workers were sitting, they were men belonging to the Big Leader. They were warming themselves at a fire. Peter sat down with them to get warm.

56Many people with lies were bringing words about Jesus. Their stories were different, their words did not agree.

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Matthew Henry on Mark 14:54-66

Christ Brought before the High Priest. 53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. 55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. 56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. 57 And there… Read the whole commentary →

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