MAT 26:59 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Now the chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death.

UST The ruling priests and all the rest of the Jewish council tried to find people who would say what was untrue about Jesus. That way, they could have the Roman authorities execute him.

BSB § Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin [fn] were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

BLB And the chief priests and the whole Council were seeking false evidence against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.

AICNT Now the chief priests [[the elders and]][fn] and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death,

26:59, the elders and: Later manuscripts add.

OEB Meanwhile the chief priests and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such false evidence against Jesus, as would warrant putting him to death,

WEBBE Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

WMBB Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Yeshua, that they might put him to death,

NET The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

LSV And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put Him to death,

FBV The chief priests and the whole council were trying to find some false evidence against Jesus so they could put him to death.

TCNT Now the chief [fn]priests, the elders, and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus, so that they could put him to death,

26:59 priests, the elders, ¦ priests CT

T4T The chief priests and the rest of the Jewish Council were trying to find people who would tell lies about Jesus so that they could convince the Roman authorities to execute him.

LEB Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order that they could put him to death.

BBE Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death;

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Wymth Meanwhile the High Priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death;

ASV Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

DRA And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death:

YLT And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

Drby And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

RV Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

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

KJB-1769 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

KJB-1611 Now the chiefe Priests and Elders, and all the councell, sought false witnesse against Iesus to put him to death,
(Now the chief Priests and Elders, and all the council/counsel, sought false witness against Yesus/Yeshua to put him to death,)

Bshps The chiefe priestes, and elders, and all the councell, sought false witnesse agaynst Iesus, for to put hym to death,
(The chief priests, and elders, and all the council/counsel, sought false witness against Yesus/Yeshua, for to put him to death,)

Gnva Nowe the chiefe Priestes and the Elders, and all the whole councill sought false witnesse against Iesus, to put him to death.
(Now the chief Priests and the Elders, and all the whole council/counsel sought false witness against Yesus/Yeshua, to put him to death. )

Cvdl But the hye prestes and the elders, and the whole councell sought false wytnesse ageynst Iesus, that they might put him to death,
(But the high priests and the elders, and the whole council/counsel sought false witness ageynst Yesus/Yeshua, that they might put him to death,)

TNT The chefe prestes and the elders and all the counsell sought false witnes agenste Iesus for to put him to deeth
(The chief priests and the elders and all the council/counsel sought false witness agenste Yesus/Yeshua for to put him to death )

Wyc And the prince of prestis, and al the counsel souyten fals witnessing ayens Jhesu, that thei schulden take hym to deeth;
(And the prince of priests, and all the council/counsel sought fals witnessing against Yhesu, that they should take him to death;)

Luth Die Hohenpriester aber und Ältesten und der ganze Rat suchten falsch Zeugnis wider JEsum, auf daß sie ihn töteten,
(The Hohenpriester but and elders and the/of_the ganze advice were_looking_for falsch transcript against YEsum, on that they/she/them him/it töteten,)

ClVg Principes autem sacerdotum, et omne concilium, quærebant falsum testimonium contra Jesum, ut eum morti traderent:
(Principes however sacerdotum, and omne concilium, quærebant falsum testimony on_the_contrary Yesum, as him morti traderent: )

UGNT οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ τὸ Συνέδριον ὅλον ἐζήτουν ψευδομαρτυρίαν κατὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ὅπως αὐτὸν θανατώσωσιν,
(hoi de arⱪiereis kai to Sunedrion holon ezaʸtoun pseudomarturian kata tou Yaʸsou, hopōs auton thanatōsōsin,)

SBL-GNT οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς ⸀καὶ τὸ συνέδριον ὅλον ἐζήτουν ψευδομαρτυρίαν κατὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ὅπως ⸂αὐτὸν θανατώσωσιν⸃,
(hoi de arⱪiereis ⸀kai to sunedrion holon ezaʸtoun pseudomarturian kata tou Yaʸsou hopōs ⸂auton thanatōsōsin⸃,)

TC-GNT Οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς [fn]καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ τὸ συνέδριον ὅλον ἐζήτουν ψευδομαρτυρίαν κατὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ὅπως [fn]θανατώσωσιν αὐτόν,
(Hoi de arⱪiereis kai hoi presbuteroi kai to sunedrion holon ezaʸtoun pseudomarturian kata tou Yaʸsou, hopōs thanatōsōsin auton, )

26:59 και οι πρεσβυτεροι ¦ — CT

26:59 θανατωσωσιν αυτον ¦ αυτον θανατωσωσι CT TR

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

δὲ

and

Here, the word But introduces the next thing that happened. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the next event, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: “Then” or “Next,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐζήτουν ψευδομαρτυρίαν κατὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ

/were/_seeking false_witness against ¬the Jesus

Here Matthew means that the chief priests and the Sanhedrin were trying find evidence against Jesus, even if it was false. In other words, they needed to find people who were willing to say that Jesus had done something very wrong. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “were seeking evidence against Jesus, even false evidence,” or “were seeking proof, even if it were not true, that Jesus had done something wrong”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ψευδομαρτυρίαν

false_witness

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of testimony, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “someone to testify falsely”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

αὐτὸν θανατώσωσιν

him ˱they˲_/may/_put_to_death

Here Matthew implies that the chief priests and the Sanhedrin want to convince the Roman authorities to kill Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “they might have the Romans put him to death”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ὅπως αὐτὸν θανατώσωσιν

so_that him ˱they˲_/may/_put_to_death

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of death, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “so that they could have him killed”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

αὐτὸν θανατώσωσιν

him ˱they˲_/may/_put_to_death

Because the Roman authorities did not allow the Sanhedrin to execute people, the Sanhedrin had to convince the Roman authorities to execute people for them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “they might convince the Roman authorities to put him to death”

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Jesus’ Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, and Burial

Matthew 26-27; Mark 14-15; Luke 22-23; John 13-19

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