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Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

KJV

Οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ τὸ συνέδριον ὅλον ἐζήτουν ψευδομαρτυρίαν κατὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ὅπως αὐτὸν θανατώσουσιν,

Greek NT

Principes autem sacerdotum, et omne concilium, quærebant falsum testimonium contra Jesum, ut eum morti traderent :

Vulgate

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

ASV

And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
θανατόω
thanatoo
verb · 11×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
συνέδριον
sunedrion
noun · 22×
ψευδομαρτυρία
pseudomarturia
noun · 2×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὅλος
olos
adjective · 109×
ὅπως
opos
adverb · 53×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ | RP: + οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: αὐτὸν θανατώσωσιν | WH/NIV: αὐτὸν θανατώσωσιν | Treg: αὐτὸν θανατώσουσιν | RP: θανατώσωσιν αὐτόν
  • αὐτὸν θανατώσωσινSBLGNT
  • αὐτὸν θανατώσωσινWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • αὐτὸν θανατώσουσινTregelles
  • θανατώσωσιν αὐτόνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 6:11 — Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
  • Acts 6:11 — Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
  • Deut 19:16 — If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
  • Eccl 3:16 — And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
  • Exod 20:16 — Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
  • Exod 23:1 — Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
  • Ezek 22:9 — In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
  • Isa 32:7 — The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
  • John 18:19 — The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
  • John 18:21 — Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
  • Luke 23:2 — And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
  • Mark 14:55 — And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
  • Mark 14:55 — And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
  • Matt 5:22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but wh
  • Neh 6:13 — Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
  • Prov 24:28 — Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
  • Ps 2:2 — The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
  • Ps 22:13 — They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
  • Ps 27:12 — Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
  • Ps 31:13 — For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
  • Ps 35:11 — False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
  • Ps 64:6 — They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
  • Ps 109:2 — For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
  • Ps 119:69 — The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.