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Mark 14:57

And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

KJV

καί τινες ἀναστάντες ἐψευδομαρτύρουν κατ’ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες

Greek NT

Et quidam surgentes, falsum testimonium ferebant adversus eum, dicentes :

Vulgate

And there stood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

ASV

And some rising up, bore false witness against him, saying:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ψευδομαρτυρέω
pseudomartureo
verb · 5×
ἀνίστημι
anistemi
verb · 107×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§585On the threshold of his Passion Jesus announced the coming destruction of this splendid building, of which there would not remain "one stone upon another".356 By doing so, he announced a sign of the last days, which were to begin with his own Passover.357 But this prophecy would be distorted in its telling by false witnesses during his interrogation at the high priest's house, …

Cross-references

  • Acts 6:13 — And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
  • Matt 26:60 — But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
  • Matt 26:60 — But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,