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Even so their testimony did not agree.
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A Failing Prosecution
Commentators explain that the case against Jesus was falling apart on legal grounds. According to Jewish law, witnesses were examined separately and their testimonies had to agree perfectly. Scholars note that the accusers were so uncoordinated that their stories contradicted each other on details of time, place, or the exact words spoken, rendering their testimony legally invalid.
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19th Century
Anglican
Neither so did their witness agree together.—This, again, is peculiar to St. Mark. We are not told in what respects their evidence failed …
Baptist
It was a rule that they should be examined separately, and there had not been time for them to be coached on what to say, so one contradicted the o…
Soon a definite charge was made. Jesus had said he would destroy this “man-made temple” and build another “not made by man” in three days (compare …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But, neither so did their witness agree together . ] Their witness did agree together, for they both witnessed the s…
Presbyterian
We have here Christ's condemnation before the great council of the Jews. Peter followed; but the high priest's fireside was not a proper place for …
