Matthew 26:59-60

26:59 The ¹  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 ²  two came forward

Mark 14:55-59

14:55 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything. 14:56 Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree. 14:57 Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: ³  14:58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’” 14:59 Yet even on this point their testimony did not agree.

Luke 22:67

22:67 and said, “If ⁴  you are the Christ, ⁵  tell us.” But he said to them, “If ⁶  I tell you, you will not ⁷  believe,

Acts 24:12-13

24:12 They did not find me arguing ⁸  with anyone or stirring up a crowd ⁹  in the temple courts ¹⁰  or in the synagogues ¹¹  or throughout the city, ¹²  24:13 nor can they prove ¹³  to you the things ¹⁴  they are accusing me of doing. ¹⁵ 

Acts 24:18-20

24:18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, ¹⁶  without a crowd or a disturbance. ¹⁷  24:19 But there are some Jews from the province of Asia ¹⁸  who should be here before you and bring charges, ¹⁹  if they have anything against me. 24:20 Or these men here ²⁰  should tell what crime ²¹  they found me guilty of ²²  when I stood before the council, ²³ 

[26:59]  ¹ tn Grk “Now the.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:60]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[14:57]  ³ tn Grk “Some standing up gave false testimony against him, saying.”

[22:67]  ⁴ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.

[22:67]  ⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[22:67]  ⁶ tn This is a third class condition in the Greek text. Jesus had this experience already in 20:1-8.

[22:67]  ⁷ tn The negation in the Greek text is the strongest possible (οὐ μή, ou mh).

[24:12]  ⁸ tn Or “disputing,” “conducting a heated discussion.”

[24:12]  ⁹ tn BDAG 381 s.v. ἐπίστασις 2 has “ἐ. ποιεῖν ὄχλου to cause a crowd to gather Ac 24:12.” Roman authorities would not allow a mob to gather and threaten the peace, and anyone suspected of instigating a mob would certainly be arrested.

[24:12]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “in the temple.” This is actually a reference to the courts surrounding the temple proper, and has been translated accordingly.

[24:12]  ¹¹ sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9.

[24:12]  ¹² sn A second part of Paul’s defense is that he did nothing while he was in Jerusalem to cause unrest, neither arguing nor stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city.

[24:13]  ¹³ tn BDAG 778 s.v. παρίστημι/παριστάνω 1.f has “οὐδὲ παραστῆσαι δύνανταί σοι περὶ ὧν νυνὶ κατηγοροῦσίν μου nor can they prove to you the accusations they are now making against me Ac 24:13.”

[24:13]  ¹⁴ tn The words “the things” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context, but must be supplied for the modern English reader.

[24:13]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “nor can they prove to you [the things] about which they are now accusing me.” This has been simplified to eliminate the relative pronoun (“which”) in the translation.

[24:18]  ¹⁶ sn Ritually purified. Paul’s claim here is that he was honoring the holiness of God by being sensitive to issues of ritual purity. Not only was he not guilty of the charges against him, but he was thoroughly devout.

[24:18]  ¹⁷ tn BDAG 458 s.v. θόρυβος 3.b has “μετὰ θορύβου…with a disturbance Ac 24:18.”

[24:19]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “Asia”; in the NT this always refers to the Roman province of Asia, made up of about one-third of the west and southwest end of modern Asia Minor. Asia lay to the west of the region of Phrygia and Galatia. The words “the province of” are supplied to indicate to the modern reader that this does not refer to the continent of Asia.

[24:19]  ¹⁹ tn BDAG 533 s.v. κατηγορέω 1 states, “nearly always as legal t.t.: bring charges in court.” L&N 33.427 states for κατηγορέω (kathgorew), “to bring serious charges or accusations against someone, with the possible connotation of a legal or court context – ‘to accuse, to bring charges.’”

[24:20]  ²⁰ tn Grk “these [men] themselves.”

[24:20]  ²¹ tn Or “unrighteous act.”

[24:20]  ²² tn The words “me guilty of” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. L&N 88.23 has “αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰπάτωσαν τί εὗρον ἀδίκημα στάντος μου ‘let these men themselves tell what unrighteous act they found me guilty of’ Ac 24:20.”

[24:20]  ²³ tn Grk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).