And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. Treasury of Scripture sought. 1 Kings 21:10,13 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, You did blaspheme God and the king... Psalm 27:12 Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. Psalm 35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. Matthew 26:59,60 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death... Acts 6:11-13 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God... Acts 24:1-13 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus... and found. Daniel 6:4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom... 1 Peter 3:16-18 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers...
Context Jesus Before the Sanhedrin
53And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 54And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. 55And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. 56For many bore false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. 57And there arose certain, and bore false witness against him, saying, 58We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. 59But neither so did their witness agree together. 60And the high priest stood up in the middle, and asked Jesus, saying, Answer you nothing? what is it which these witness against you? 61But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? 62And Jesus said, I am: and you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 63Then the high priest rent his clothes, and said, What need we any further witnesses? 64You have heard the blasphemy: what think you? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. 65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found it not.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the chief priests and all the council sought for evidence against Jesus, that they might put him to death, and found none.
Darby Bible Translation
And the chief priests and the whole sanhedrim sought testimony against Jesus to cause him to be put to death, and did not find any.
King James Bible
And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
Young's Literal Translation
And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking against Jesus testimony -- to put him to death, and they were not finding,
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