Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin(A)

57 (B)And those who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 58 But (C)Peter followed Him at a distance to the high priest’s courtyard. And he went in and sat with the servants to see the end.

59 Now the chief priests, [a]the elders, and all the council sought (D)false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, 60 [b]but found none. Even though (E)many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last (F)two [c]false witnesses came forward

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:59 NU omits the elders
  2. Matthew 26:60 NU but found none, even though many false witnesses came forward.
  3. Matthew 26:60 NU omits false witnesses

Jesus Before the Sanhedrin(A)

57 Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas(B) the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled. 58 But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest.(C) He entered and sat down with the guards(D) to see the outcome.

59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin(E) were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death. 60 But they did not find any, though many false witnesses(F) came forward.

Finally two(G) came forward

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