Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
הערת לימוד
Study Note
The notice that 'the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death' frames the Sanhedrin proceedings as forensically corrupt from the outset, violating Deuteronomy 19:15's requirement for two or three genuine witnesses. The irony of Israel's religious leadership using legally prohibited false testimony to condemn the one who embodied Torah is central to Matthew's passion theology — the judgment falls on those who invoke the Law to execute the Law's fulfillment (Matthew 5:17). The specific detail that 'though many false witnesses came, yet found they none' satisfactory (26:60) underscores the frantic inadequacy of the prosecution, which ultimately had to rely on the high priest's direct interrogation. The episode has been extensively analyzed in Jewish-Christian dialogue regarding the historical and theological interpretation of the trial narratives.
תרגומים נוספים
Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,
Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;
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