Matthew 26:66
What is your verdict?" "He deserves to die," they replied.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
In Context
67Then they spat in His face, and struck Him--some with the fist, some with the open hand--
Cross References
Acts 7:52Which of the Prophets did not your forefathers persecute? Yes, they killed those who announced beforehand the advent of the righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become--
James 5:6You have condemned--you have murdered-- the righteous man: he offers no resistance.
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 →