Then some men stood up and testified falsely against Him:
Parallel translations
- WEB Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,
- KJV And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
- NKJV Then some rose up and bore false witness against Him, saying,
- NASB And then some stood up and began giving false testimony against Him, saying,
- NLT Finally, some men stood up and gave this false testimony:
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Some rise to give false testimony against Jesus. The accusers resort to distorting his words.
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Failing to find legitimate charges, certain witnesses fabricate accusations. Their distortion of Jesus' teaching reveals the malice driving the trial. The scene continues to display the injustice borne by the innocent Christ on the way to the cross.
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Cross-references · 7
- Acts 6:13–14where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
- Matt 26:60–61But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward
- Jer 26:8–9and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
- Matt 27:40and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
- John 2:18–21On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
- Mark 15:29And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
- Jer 26:18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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