Witnesses Against Jesus


340	WITNESSES AGAINST JESUS
Matt 26		Mark 14		Luke	John 2
59	Now the chief priests	55	Now the chief priests
	and the whole council		and the whole council
	sought false testimony		sought testimony
	against Jesus		against Jesus
	that they might put him to death,		to put him to death;
60	but they found none,		but they found none.
	though many false witnesses	56	For many bore false witness
			against him,
	came forward.		and their witness did not agree.
	At last two came forward	57	And some stood up
			and bore false witness
			against him,
61	and said, "		saying,
	"This fellow said,	58	"We heard him say,		19	Jesus answered them,
**	`I am able to destroy	**	`I will destroy		**	"Destroy
	the temple of God,		this temple			this temple,
			that is made with hands,
	and to build it		and in three days			and in three days
	in three days.'		I will build another,			I will raise it up."
			not made with hands.'"
		59	Yet not even so
			did their testimony agree.
62	And the high priest stood up	60	And the high priest stood up
			in the midst,
	and said,		and asked Jesus,
	"Have you no answer to make?		"Have you no answer to make?
	What is it that		What is it that
	these men testify against you?"		these men testify against you?"

**Note: The sayings that Matthew & Mark present as "false testimony" against Jesus are variants of something that John claims Jesus said when he purged the temple precincts.

Color Code
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel elements in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order
340	Sequence in synoptic outlines

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