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 malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing,

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

Do not deliver me over to the

desire of my adversaries,

For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.

Malicious witnesses rise up;

They ask me of things that I do not know.

Can a

throne of destruction be allied with You,

One which devises mischief by decree?

Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow
Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Now the chief priests and the whole

Council kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any.

Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders, with an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought charges to the governor against Paul.

General references

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.