Matthew 26:59

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him [that which is] wrong; 17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is], shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, [if] the witness [be] a false witness, [and] hath testified falsely against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 21 And thine eye shall not pity; [but] life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • 1 Kgs 21:8-9 : 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed [them] with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that [were] in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And [then] carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, [even] the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, [and] as it [was] written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, [even] against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
  • Ps 27:12 : 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Ps 35:11-12 : 11 ¶ False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.
  • Ps 94:20-21 : 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 ¶ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 ‹But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.›
  • Mark 14:55-56 : 55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. 56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God. 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon [him], and caught him, and brought [him] to the council, 13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
  • Acts 24:1-9 : 1 ¶ And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and [with] a certain orator [named] Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. 2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse [him], saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, 3 We accept [it] always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. 4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. 5 For we have found this man [a] pestilent [fellow], and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: 6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. 7 But the chief captain Lysias came [upon us], and with great violence took [him] away out of our hands, 8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. 9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. 10 ¶ Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: 11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. 12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: 13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.

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    55And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

    56For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.

    57And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

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    60But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, [yet] found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

    61And said, This [fellow] said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

    62And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what [is it which] these witness against thee?

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    1¶ When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

    2And when they had bound him, they led [him] away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

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    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.

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    65And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.

    66And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

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    11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.

    12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon [him], and caught him, and brought [him] to the council,

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    3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

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    53¶ And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

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    20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

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    59But neither so did their witness agree together.

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    11¶ False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not.

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    54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

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    27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,