And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
Parallel translations
- WEB Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,
- BSB Then some men stood up and testified falsely against Him:
- 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.
Overview
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 6:13–14And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
- Matt 26:60–61But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
- Jer 26:8–9Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
- Matt 27:40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
- John 2:18–21Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
- Mark 15:29And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
- Jer 26:18Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
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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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