Marcos 14:56

56 Porque muchos daban falso testimonio contra El, pero sus testimonios no coincidían.

Marcos 14:56 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:56

For many bare false witness against him
The word "false", is not expressed in the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions: which only signify, that they bore witness against him, accused him of, and laid many things to his charge:

but their witness agreed not together;
which showed it to be false, and so not to be admitted; for witnesses were to be as one in their testimony, or not to be received: the, rules concerning them with the Jews, are these ^F12;

``the tradition is, for ever let not their testimony be joined together, unless they both see, (dxak) , "as one": says R. Joshua ben Korcha, even one after another; and their testimony is not ratified in the council, until they both witness "as one".''

Though this is not much the sense of the passage here; it was not the falsehood of their testimony, which this council was unconcerned about, or the contradiction that was in it, which does not appear; but their testimonies were not, (isai) , "equal", or answerable to the wishes of the council; they were not sufficient to prove a capital crime upon him, in order to, put him to death, which was what they wanted: they only respected some light and trivial matters, and did not amount to a charge of blasphemy, or sedition.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 30. 1. Maimon. Hilch. Eduth, c. 4. sect. 1.

Marcos 14:56 In-Context

54 Pedro le siguió de lejos hasta dentro del patio del sumo sacerdote; estaba sentado con los alguaciles, calentándose al fuego.

55 Y los principales sacerdotes y todo el concilio, procuraban obtener testimonio contra Jesús para darle muerte, pero no lo hallaban.

56 Porque muchos daban falso testimonio contra El, pero sus testimonios no coincidían.

57 Y algunos, levantándose, daban falso testimonio contra El, diciendo:

58 Nosotros le oímos decir: "Yo destruiré este templo hecho por manos, y en tres días edificaré otro no hecho por manos."