Matthew 26:60

Matthew 26:60 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
• New International Version (NIV)But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward
• English Standard Version (ESV)but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward
• New King James Version (NKJV)but found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward

Context of Matthew 26:60

58Peter was following him at a distance right to the high priest’s courtyard. He went in and was sitting with the servants to see the outcome. 59The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they could not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. Finally, two who came forward 61stated, “This man said, ‘I can destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’” 62The high priest stood up and said to him, “Don’t you have an answer to what these men are testifying against you?”

Matthew 26:60 word by word

καὶ οὐχ εὗρον πολλῶν προσελθόντων ψευδομαρτύρων ὕστερον δὲ προσελθόντες δύοRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butκαίkai · andG2532
• foundεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• noneοὐou · noG3756
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• false witnessesψευδομάρτυρpseudomartur · false witnessG5575
• cameπροσέρχομαιproserchomai · to come near/agreeG4334
• At the lastὕστερονhusteron · laterG5305
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• twoδύοduo · twoG1417

Cross-references for Matthew 26:60

• Daniel 6:4The administrators and satraps, therefore, kept trying to find a charge against Daniel regarding the kingdom. But they could find no charge or corruption, for he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.
• 1 Peter 3:16Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are accused, those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.
• Deuteronomy 19:15“One witness cannot establish any iniquity or sin against a person, whatever that person has done. A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
• Mark 14:57Some stood up and gave false testimony against him, stating,

Commentaries on Matthew 26:60

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 60Though many false witnesses came - There is an unaccountable confusion in the MSS. in this verse: without stating the variations, which may be seen in Griesbach, I shall give that which I believe to be the genuine sense of the evangelist. Then the chief priests and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; but they found it not, though many false witnesses came up. At last two false witnesses came up, saying…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 60Found none - That is, they found none on whose testimony they could with any show of reason convict him. The reason was, as Mark says Mark 14:56, that “their witnesses agreed not together.” They differed about facts, times, and circumstances, as all false witnesses do. Two witnesses were required by their law, and they did not “dare” to condemn him without conforming, “in appearance” at least, to the requirements of the law.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 57-68Verses 57-68 Jesus was hurried into Jerusalem. It looks ill, and bodes worse, when those who are willing to be Christ's disciples, are not willing to be known to be so. Here began Peter's denying him: for to follow Christ afar off, is to begin to go back from him. It is more our concern to prepare for the end, whatever it may be, than curiously to ask what the end will be. The event is God's, but the duty is ours. Now the Scriptures were fulfilled, which…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 60they did not find any: This was because the evidence was too weak or inconsistent to seek a death sentence. This changed when two men gave testimonies that matched (Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 26:60

• Accusation, False
• Church
• Court
• False Teachers
• Government
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judge
• Prayer
• Priest
• Prisoners
• Slander

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Matthew 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings