Matthew 26:56-58

Context
26:56 But this has happened so that¹ the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Condemned by the Sanhedrin

26:57 Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house² the experts in the law³ and the elders had gathered. 26:58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After⁴ going in, he sat with the guards⁵ to see the outcome.

[26:56] ¹tn Grk “But so that”; the verb “has happened” is implied.

[26:57] ²tn Grk “where.”

[26:57] ³tn Or “where the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[26:58] ³tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:58] ⁴sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.