Mark 14:55 - The Message The high priests conspiring with the Jewish Council looked high and low for evidence against Jesus by which they could sentence him to death. They found nothing. Plenty of people were willing to bring in false charges, but nothing added up, and they ended up canceling each other out. Then a few of them stood up and lied: “We heard him say, ‘I am going to tear down this Temple, built by hard labor, and in three days build another without lifting a hand.’” But even they couldn’t agree exactly. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now the chief priests and the entire council (the Sanhedrin) were constantly seeking [to get] testimony against Jesus with a view to condemning Him and putting Him to death, but they did not find any. American Standard Version (1901) Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found it not. Common English Bible The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, but they couldn’t find any. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, the leaders of the priests and the entire council sought testimony against Jesus, so that they might deliver him to death, and they found none. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might put him to death, and found none. |