Sought false witness against Jesus (εζητουν ψευδομαρτυριαν). Imperfect tense, kept on seeking. Judges have no right to be prosecut…

No notes from Barnes on this verse.

See Barnes on Matthew 26:57.

Sought false witness — The tense of the Greek verb implies a continued process of seeking. The attempt to draw the materials for c…

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; but found none: ([Referen…

St. John Chrysostom: When the Chief Priests were assembled, this gathering of thugs tried to give their conspiracy the appeara…

(59–63a) The Sanhedrin was composed of three groups: leading priests, teachers of the law, and elders. It had seventy members plus the high priest,…

Sought false witness. By these words the Evangelists remark, that nothing was further from the design of the priests than to inquire into …

Now the chief priests and elders, and all the counsel
Or sanhedrim, which consisted, as the Jewish writers say^F…

Jesus was hurried into Jerusalem. It looks ill, and bodes worse, when those who are willing to be Christ's disciples are not willing to be known as…

This section discu es Christ’s arrest; now, it discu es where He would be led, describing the place and those gathered there. He says, therefore: <…