Matthew 26:57

Matthew 26:57

55 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me? I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not seize Me.

56 But all this was done that the ^aScriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then ^ball the disciples forsook Him and fled.

Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin

57 ^aAnd those who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

58 But ^aPeter followed Him at a distance to the high priest’s courtyard. And he went in and sat with the servants to see the end.

59 Now the chief priests,¹ the elders, and all the council sought ^afalse testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,

60 ¹but found none. Even though ^amany false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last ^btwo false witnesses came forward

61 and said, “This fellow said, ^a‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”

62 ^aAnd the high priest arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?”

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Matthew 26:57 Led [him] away to Caiaphas, the high priest. He was first examined by Annas, the former high priest, the father-in-law of Caiaphas, probably while the Sanhedrin was assembling in the darkness of the night (John 18:13). For the trial of Christ, compare Mark 14:53-64 Lu 22:54-71 Joh 18:13-18. The scribes and the elders were assembled. Mark says the "chief priests" (Mark 14:53) also. It was a gathering of the Sanhedrin. Those who were favorable to Jesus, like Joseph and Nicodemus, were probably not called.

**Other People's Commentary (NT) entries containing Matthew 26:57:**

Matthew 26:57
Mark 14:53-65
Luke 22:66
John 18:2-14
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