Mark 14:56

For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn’t agree with each other.

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WEBBE

For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn’t agree with each other.

BSB

For many bore false witness against Jesus, but their testimony was inconsistent.

KJV

For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.

ASV

For many bare false witness against him, and their witness agreed not together.

BBE

For a number gave false witness against him and their witness was not in agreement.

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πολλοὶ polloi Many G4183 γὰρ gar for G1063 ἐψευδομαρτύρουν epseudomarturoun were bearing false testimony G5576 κατ kat᾽ against G2596 αὐτοῦ autou Him G846 καὶ kai but G2532 ἴσαι isai alike G2470 αἱ hai their G3588 μαρτυρίαι marturiai testimonies G3141 οὐκ ouk not G3756 ἦσαν.¶ ēsan were G1510

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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