Matthew 26:59

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Summary

Matthew 26:59

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

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General references

Exodus 20:16

Ecclesiastes 3:16

Acts 24:9

Bible References

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If a false witness shall rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

False witnesses arose; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

And the chief priests, and all the council sought for testimony against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

And after five days, Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

General references

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

And the Jews also assented, saying, that these things were so.