They found it not (κα ουχ ευρον). They found false witnesses in plenty, but not the false witness that would stand any sort of tes…

False witnesses. Witnesses who would accuse him of a crime—a violation of the laws of the land or of God. We are not to suppose that t…

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,…

It should also be observed that the designation of false witnesses is applied not to those who fabricate a lie with no foundation, but to …

But found none
That were fit for their purpose;

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: <…