Matthew 26:59 Parallel Translations

The chief priests and the whole council were searching for false testimony to use against Jesus in order to execute him.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

ASV:

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

BBE:

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;

DBY:

And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

ERV:

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

WEY:

Meanwhile the High Priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death;

WBS:

Now the chief priests and elders, and all the council, sought false testimony against Jesus, to put him to death;

WEB:

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

YLT:

And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

Matthew 26:59 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 5:22 "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

26:59 All the council. The Sanhedrin.
Sought false witness. No one could be condemned legally without at least two witnesses who agreed (De 17:6 19:15). One witness, it was said, was no witness. As there was no true testimony to a charge that could be punished with death, they sought false witness.

MHC:

26:57-68 Jesus was hurried into Jerusalem. It looks ill, and bodes worse, when those who are willing to be Christ's disciples, are not willing to be known to be so. Here began Peter's denying him: for to follow Christ afar off, is to begin to go back from him. It is more our concern to prepare for the end, whatever it may be, than curiously to ask what the end will be. The event is God's, but the duty is ours. Now the Scriptures were fulfilled, which said, False witnesses are risen up against me. Christ was accused, that we might not be condemned; and if at any time we suffer thus, let us remember we cannot expect to fare better than our Master. When Christ was made sin for us, he was silent, and left it to his blood to speak. Hitherto Jesus had seldom professed expressly to be the Christ, the Son of God; the tenor of his doctrine spoke it, and his miracles proved it; but now he would not omit to make an open confession of it. It would have looked like declining his sufferings. He thus confessed, as an example and encouragement to his followers, to confess him before men, whatever hazard they ran. Disdain, cruel mocking, and abhorrence, are the sure portion of the disciple as they were of the Master, from such as would buffet and deride the Lord of glory. These things were exactly foretold in the fiftieth chapter of Isaiah. Let us confess Christ's name, and bear the reproach, and he will confess us before his Father's throne.

CONC:

FALSE Council Death Elders Evidence Kept Meanwhile Obtain Order Priests Sanhedrim Sanhedrin Seeking Sought Testimony Trying Witness

Chief Council Death Elders High Jesus Kept Meanwhile Obtain Order Priests Sanhedrim Sanhedrin Seeking Sought Testimony Trying Whole Witness

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