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Matthew 26:59

Verse 59 of 75. The 26th of 28 chapters in Matthew, in The Gospels.

55In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.

56But all this has happened that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

57Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

58But Peter followed him from a distance to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.

59Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

60and they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward

61and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’”

62The high priest stood up and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?”

63But Jesus stayed silent. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.