57And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, …
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. …
Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 57-68)We have here the arraignment of our Lord Jesus in the ecclesiastical court, before the great sanhedrim. Observe, I. The sitting of the court; the scribes and the elders were assembled, though it was in the dead time of the night, when other people were fast asleep in their beds; yet, to gratify their malice against Christ, they denied themselves that natural rest, and sat up all night, to be ready…
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