Mark 14:55

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

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WEBBE

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

BSB

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any.

KJV

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

ASV

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found it not.

BBE

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any.

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Οἱ Hoi (the) G3588 δὲ de And G1161 ἀρχιερεῖς archiereis the chief priests G749 καὶ kai and G2532 ὅλον holon all G3650 τὸ to the G3588 συνέδριον sunedrion Council G4892 ἐζήτουν ezētoun were seeking G2212 κατὰ kata against G2596 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 Ἰησοῦ Iēsou Jesus G2424 μαρτυρίαν marturian testimony G3141 εἰς eis to G1519 τὸ to (the) G3588 θανατῶσαι thanatōsai put to death G2289 αὐτὸν auton Him G846 καὶ kai but G2532 οὐχ ouch not G3756 ηὕρισκον hēuriskon they were finding [any] G2147

The early church

But their actions are a sign of their judgment, which they earned on as they had prejudged, for they sought for a witness, that they might seem to condemn and destroy Jesus with justice.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
But iniquity lied as the queen did against Joseph, and the priests against Susannah, but a flame goes out, if it has no fuel; wherefore it goes on, And found none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. For whatever is not consistent is held to be doubtful.
Pseudo-Jerome · d. 9999Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 53–65

We have here Christ's condemnation before the great council of the Jews. Peter followed; but the high priest's fire-side was no proper place, nor his servants proper company, for Peter: it was an entrance into temptation. Great diligence was used to procure false witnesses against Jesus, yet their testimony was not equal to the charge of a capital crime, by the utmost stretch of their law. He was asked, Art thou the Son of the Blessed? that is, the Son of God. For the proof of his being the Son of God, he refers to his second coming. In these outrages we have proofs of man's enmity to God, and of God's free and unspeakable love to man.

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