John Calvin Commentary Matthew 26:60

"and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two," — Matthew 26:60 (ASV)

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 those who slanderously pervert what was rightly said and turn it into a crime; an example of this is explicitly related here concerning the destruction and rebuilding of the temple. Christ had indeed said that when the temple of his body was destroyed,
he would raise it up within three days (John 2:19).

The false witnesses do not now resort to some new contrivance, but they put a wrong interpretation on his words, as if he boasted that he would perform some trickery in building the temple. Now, as the slander was trivial and worthless, we may readily infer from it how greatly the priests and scribes were blinded by their fury, since, without any pretext, they demand that Christ be put to death.