Matthew 26:59
Now, the High-priests and all the High-council, were seeking false-witness against Jesus, that they might, put him to death;
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1 Kings 21:8So she wrote letters, in the name of Ahab, and sealed them with his signet-ring,—and sent the letters unto the elders, and unto the nobles who were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
Psalms 35:11There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not, they demand of me:
Proverbs 25:18A hammer and a sword, and a sharpened arrow, is a man becoming a false witness against his neighbour.
Mark 14:55Now, the High-priest, and all the High-council, were seeking, against Jesus, testimony, with the intent to put him to death,—and were not finding any;
Acts 6:11Then, they set on men who were saying—We have heard him speaking profane things against Moses and God.
Acts 24:9Moreover, the Jews also were joining in the attack, 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 →