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Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
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A Trial of Injustice
Commentators emphasize that this was not a legitimate trial. The judges had already decided to execute Jesus and were now acting as prosecutors, actively seeking false witnesses. Scholars like John Calvin and John Gill note this violated their own laws, making the entire process a sham designed to create a legal pretext for a predetermined outcome.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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Sought false witness against Jesus (εζητουν ψευδομαρτυριαν). Imperfect tense, kept on seeking. Judges have no right to be prosecut…
19th Century
Anglican
Sought false witness — The tense of the Greek verb implies a continued process of seeking. The attempt to draw the materials for c…
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Baptist
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; but found none: ([Referen…
(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,…
16th Century
Protestant
Sought false witness. By these words the Evangelists remark, that nothing was further from the design of the priests than to inquire into …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now the chief priests and elders, and all the counsel Or sanhedrim, which consisted, as the Jewish writers sayF…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
This section discusses Christ’s arrest; now, it discusses where He would be led, describing the place and those gathered there. He says, therefore:…
