"But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, {yet} found they none. At the last came two false witnesses," — Matthew 26:59

Matthew 26:59 · KJV

“But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, {yet} found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,”

— Matthew 26:59

Verse 58

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Verse 60

And said, This {fellow} said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

Matthew 26 — Context

But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, {yet} found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

And said, This {fellow} said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what {is it which} these witness against thee?

Cross References

Acts 6:11-13

Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and {against} God.

Deuteronomy 19:16-21

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him {that which is} wrong; {that...: or, falling away}

Mark 14:55-56

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

1 Kings 21:8-13

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed {them} with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that {were} in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

Acts 24:1-13

And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and {with} a certain orator {named} Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

Psalms 35:11-12

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge {things} that I knew not. {False...: Heb. Witnesses of wrong} {they...: Heb. they asked me}

Proverbs 25:18

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour {is} a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Psalms 27:12

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.