Matthew 26:66

"What is your verdict?" "He ought to die," they answered.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

In Context

65Then the high priest tore his garments, saying. "He has spoken blasphemy! What further need have we of witnesses? For behold, now you have heard his blasphemy!

67Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and some struck him with the palms of their hands, and cried.

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Cross References

Acts 7:52"Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become -

James 5:6You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous man unresisting!

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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