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and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward,
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Falsehood as Twisted Truth
Commentators like Calvin and Aquinas explain that the "false witnesses" didn't invent a story from nothing. Instead, they maliciously twisted Jesus's actual words. Jesus spoke of the temple of His body (John 2:19), but they perverted His statement into a literal threat against the physical temple in Jerusalem. This shows how a slight distortion of the truth can become a damnable lie.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
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…
19th Century
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…
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(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
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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But found none That were fit for their purpose;
Indeed, though many false witnesses came, yet fou…
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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:…
