Matthew 26:59

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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;

Cross References

Psalm 27:12

Give me not up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me; they breathe out cruelty and violence.

Proverbs 25:18

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a heavy sledgehammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice (enmity of heart) against him shall be liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the court; and whoever speaks contemptuously and insultingly to his brother shall be liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, You cursed fool! [You empty-headed idiot!] shall be liable to and unable to escape the hell (Gehenna) 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 have heard [Me] what I said to them. See! They know what I said.