Matthew 26:57-62

Condemned by the Sanhedrin

26:57 Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house ¹  the experts in the law ²  and the elders had gathered. 26:58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After ³  going in, he sat with the guards ⁴  to see the outcome. 26:59 The ⁵  chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death. 26:60 But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally ⁶  two came forward 26:61 and declared, “This man ⁷  said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’” 26:62 So ⁸  the high priest stood up and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”

[26:57]  ¹ tn Grk “where.”

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

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

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

[26:59]  ⁵ tn Grk “Now the.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:60]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:61]  ⁹ tn Grk “This one.”

[26:62]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the false testimony.