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Mark 14:55 KJV
Mark · chapter 14 · verse 55
And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.Mark 14:55 · King James Version
Mark 14:55 in context
53And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
54And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
55And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
56For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
57And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- priestsarchiereuschief priest, high priest, the high priests, these comprise in addition to one holding…G749 →
- councilsynedrionany assembly , whether convened to deliberate or pass judgment, any session or assembly…G4892 →
- witnessmartyriaa testifying, the office committed to the prophets of testifying concerning future…G3141 →
- againstkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- soughtzēteōto seek in order to find, to seek a thing, to seek [in order to find out] by thinking…G2212 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
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We have here Christ's arraignment, trial, conviction, and condemnation, in the ecclesiastical court, before the great sanhedrim, of which the high priest was president, or judge of the court;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 53-65