Matthew 26:59 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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;

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

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

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

Matthew 26:59 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 27:12

Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

Proverbs 25:18

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Matthew 5:22

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehinnom.

John 18:19

The Kohen Gadol therefore asked Yeshua about his talmidim, and about his teaching.

John 18:21

Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, these know the things which I said.*