Matthew 26:59 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the whole council (the Sanhedrin) sought to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

Common English Bible

⁵⁹ The chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁹ Then the leaders of the priests and the entire council sought false testimony against Jesus, so that they might deliver him to death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵⁹ And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death:

Matthew 26:59 Cross References

Psalm 27:12

Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence.

Proverbs 25:18

Like a war club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is one who bears false witness against a neighbor.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment, and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council, and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire.

John 18:19

Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

John 18:21

Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said to them; they know what I said.”