Matthew 26:65
Then, the High-priest rent asunder his garments, saying—He hath spoken profanely! What further need have we, of witnesses? Lo! now, ye have heard the profanity!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
66How, to you, doth it seem? And, they, answering, said: Guilty of death, he is.
Cross References
Leviticus 21:20or is hump-backed or a dwarf, or hath defective vision,—or hath scurvy or scab, or is crushed in the stones:
1 Kings 21:10then let two reckless men take their seats before him, that they may bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast reviled God and king! then shall ye carry him forth and stone him, that he die.
Jeremiah 36:24Yet were they not in dread, neither rent they their garments,—the king, nor any of his servants that were hearing all these words.
Mark 14:63And, the High-priest, having rent asunder his inner-garments, saith—What, further, need have we, of witnesses?
John 10:33The Jews answered him—Concerning a noble work, are we not stoning thee; but concerning profane speech,—and because, thou, being, a man, art making thyself, God.
Acts 14:14But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, hearing of it, rending asunder their own mantles, sprang forward amidst the multitude, crying aloud,
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 →