Matthew 26:59

The chefe prestes and the elders and all the counsell sought false witnes agenste Iesus for to put him to deeth

Tyndale New Testament

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 folowed him a farre of vnto the hye prestes place: and went in and sate with the servauntes to se the ende.

60but founde none: in somoche that when many false witnesses cam yet founde they none. At the last came two false witnesses and sayd:

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Cross References

Mark 14:55And the hye prestes and all the counsell sought for witnes agaynste Iesu to put him to death and founde noone.

Acts 6:11Then sent they in men which sayd: we have hearde him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses and agaynst God.

Acts 24:9The Iewes lyke wyse affermed sayinge that it was even 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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