MARK 14:56 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) Several were making up charges against him, but none of the accusers’ stories agreed with each other.

Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT For many were testifying falsely against him, and their testimonies were not the same.

UST A number of people spoke lies about Jesus, but the statements they made did not agree with each other.

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

BLB For many were bearing false testimony against Him, but their testimonies were not alike.

AICNT For many bore false witness against him, but their testimonies were not equal.

OEB for, though there were many who gave false evidence against him, yet their evidence did not agree.

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

NET Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.

LSV for many were bearing false testimony against Him, and their testimonies were not alike.

FBV Many were giving false testimony against him, but their statements didn't agree.

TCNT For many were giving false testimony against him, but their testimonies did not agree.

T4T because, although many people spoke lies about him, they contradicted each other.

LEB For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony was not consistent.

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

MOF No MOF MARK book available

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

DRA For many bore false witness against him, and their evidences were not agreeing.

YLT for many were bearing false testimony against him, and their testimonies were not alike.

DBY For many bore false witness against him, and their testimony did not agree.

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

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

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

BB For many bare false witnesse agaynst hym, but their witnesse agreed not together.
(For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.)

GNV For many bare false witnesse against him, but their witnesse agreed not together.
(For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.)

CB Many gaue false wytnesse agaynst him, but their wytnesses agreed not together.
(Many gave false witness against him, but their wytnesses agreed not together.)

TNT Yet many bare falce witnes agaynste him but their witnes aggreed not to geder.
(Yet many bare falce witness against him but their witness aggreed not together.)

WYC For manye seiden fals witnessyng ayens hym, and the witnessyngis weren not couenable.
(For many said fals witnessing against him, and the witnessingis were not couenable.)

LUT Viele gaben falsch Zeugnis wider ihn; aber ihr Zeugnis stimmte nicht überein.
(Viele gaben falsch Zeugnis against ihn; but her Zeugnis stimmte not überein.)

CLV Multi enim testimonium falsum dicebant adversus eum: et convenientia testimonia non erant.
(Multi because testimonium falsum dicebant adversus eum: and convenientia testimonia not/no erant.)

UGNT πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐψευδομαρτύρουν κατ’ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἴσαι αἱ μαρτυρίαι οὐκ ἦσαν.
(polloi gar epseudomarturoun kat’ autou, kai isai hai marturiai ouk aʸsan.)

SBL-GNT πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐψευδομαρτύρουν κατʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἴσαι αἱ μαρτυρίαι οὐκ ἦσαν.
(polloi gar epseudomarturoun katʼ autou, kai isai hai marturiai ouk aʸsan.)

TC-GNT Πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐψευδομαρτύρουν κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἴσαι αἱ μαρτυρίαι οὐκ ἦσαν.
(Polloi gar epseudomarturoun kat᾽ autou, kai isai hai marturiai ouk aʸsan.)

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

14:53-65 The story of Jesus’ trial follows immediately upon his arrest. Objections have been raised as to the historicity of the various accounts of Jesus’ trial, because of differences of detail from the rules found in the Mishnah tractate Mishnah Sanhedrin. However, (1) the Mishnah was written around AD 200, whereas the Gospel of Mark was written in the late 60s, over 130 years earlier; (2) the rules found in Mishnah Sanhedrin idealize what later rabbis thought should take place in such trials and do not necessarily describe what did in fact take place; (3) it is questionable whether the Sadducees leading the Sanhedrin would have followed the Pharisaic rules found in Mishnah Sanhedrin (see Acts 23:6-10); (4) the rules found in Mishnah Sanhedrin sometimes conflict with what the Jewish historian Josephus wrote; (5) existing laws of conduct were not necessarily followed—Jesus was being tried by a kangaroo court, in which the sentence was predetermined and only the charge for carrying it out was sought (Mark 14:55); (6) if we must choose between the trial accounts found in the Gospels and Mishnah Sanhedrin, there is no reason to choose the reliability of Mishnah Sanhedrin over that of the Gospels.

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Jesus’ Final Night

When Jesus went into Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover, he knew it was his final night. He had come to Jerusalem to “suffer many terrible things and . . . be killed” (Mark 8:31). His disciples had prepared the meal, but he needed to prepare them for what was coming.

So Jesus celebrated the Passover with his disciples. At this meal, Jesus demonstrated true servanthood by washing his disciples’ feet (John 13:1-20). He gave his final teachings to the disciples, informed them about the coming of the Holy Spirit, and prayed for his followers (John 14:1–17:26). Jesus also established the new covenant (Mark 14:22-24). Jesus was now the Passover Lamb—his body and blood are now the sacrifice that saves his people from judgment, fulfilling the same purpose as the lamb at the first Passover.

It was on Passover that God had struck down all the firstborn males of Egypt but had spared those of Israel. Now Jesus would be struck down so that his people could be spared—just as the prophets had predicted (e.g., Zech 12:10; 13:7). Jesus warned his disciples that this was about to happen and that they were about to desert him (Mark 14:27). Jesus also warned his disciples that he would be betrayed by one of them (Mark 14:18).

After the meal, Jesus and his disciples walked to the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives, where Jesus prayed in agony, submitting his will to the Father (Mark 14:26-42). Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, then approached with a group of soldiers, who arrested Jesus (Mark 14:43-49). Jesus’ disciples fled (Mark 14:50-52), and Jesus was taken to the house of the high priest for an overnight trial, during which Peter denied Jesus three times (Mark 14:53-72).

While Jesus’ final night was marked by tragedy, nothing that happened was outside of his foreknowledge. Everything occurred according to God’s plan and was necessary in order to fulfill Scripture and to usher in the events which followed (his death and resurrection).

Passages for Further Study

Matt 26:17-56; Mark 14:12-52; Luke 22:7-46; John 13:1–18:11; 1 Cor 11:23-34

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces an explanation about how the Sanhedrin could not find any testimony against Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an explanation, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “Indeed,” or “As a matter of fact,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

πολλοὶ

many

Mark is using the adjective many as a noun to mean many people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “many witnesses” or “many men”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

καὶ

but

Here, the word and introduces something that contrasts with how many people were testifying falsely against Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast. Alternate translation: “yet” or “but”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

αἱ μαρτυρίαι

the testimonies

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of testimonies, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “the things they testified to”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἴσαι & οὐκ ἦσαν

same & not were

Here Mark implies that, because what the people were testifying about was not the same, the Jewish leaders could use the testimony as evidence to convict Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “were not same, and so they could not convict Jesus” or “were not the same, so they could not be used to accuse Jesus”

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