66And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
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When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 63-71)We are here told, as before in the other gospels, I. How our Lord Jesus was abused by the servants of the high priest. The abjects , the rude and barbarous servants, gathered themselves together against him . They that held Jesus , that had him in custody till the court sat, they mocked him , and smote him (Luke 22:63), they would not allow him to repose himself one minute, though he had had no sl…
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