Matthew 26:59

And the chief priests and the Elders and the whole assembly sought for witnesses against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 Simon Cephas followed after him at a distance, unto the high priest's hall, and entered, and sat with the servants within, that he might see the issue.

60and found them not. And many false witnesses came; and at last, two came forward,

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Cross References

Mark 14:55And the chief priests and all the assembly sought for testimony against Jesus, to put him to death: but they found it not.

Acts 6:11Then they sent men, and instructed them to say: We have heard him speak words of blasphemy, against Moses and against God.

Acts 24:9And the Jews also pleaded against him, saying 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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