59 Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order that they could put him to death.
Matthew 26:59 Cross References - LEB
Deuteronomy 19:16-21
16 If ⌊a malicious witness⌋* gets up ⌊to accuse⌋* anyone to testify against him falsely,
17 then the two men ⌊to whom the legal dispute pertains⌋* shall stand ⌊before⌋* Yahweh, ⌊before⌋* the priests and the judges who are in office in those days.
18 Then judges shall make a thorough inquiry, and if it turns out* that the witness is a false witness and he testified falsely against his brother,
19 then you shall do to him as he meant* to do to his brother, and so you shall purge the evil from your midst.
20 ⌊And the rest⌋* shall hear and shall fear, and ⌊they shall not continue to do such a thing again⌋* as this evil thing in your midst.
21 ⌊You must show no pity⌋:* life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot."
1 Kings 21:8-13
8 So she wrote letters in the name of Ahab and sealed them with his seal. She sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who were dwelling with Naboth in his city.
9 She had written in the letters, saying, "Call a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.
10 Seat two men, ⌊scoundrels⌋,* opposite him. Let them witness against him saying, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then you shall bring him out and stone him so that he dies."
11 The men of his city and the elders and nobles who were living in his city did according to what Jezebel had sent to them, as was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
12 They called a fast, and they seated Naboth at the head of the people.
13 Then the two men, ⌊scoundrels⌋,* came, sat opposite him, and the ⌊scoundrels⌋* witnessed against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king," so they brought him outside of the city and stoned him with stones, and he died.
Psalms 27:12
12 Do not give me over to the desire of my enemies, because false witnesses have arisen against me, and each breathing out violence.*
Psalms 35:11-12
Psalms 94:20-21
Proverbs 25:18
18 Like a club and sword and a sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Matthew 5:22
22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry at his brother will be subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, 'Stupid fool!'* will be subject to the council, and whoever says, 'Obstinate fool!'* will be subject to fiery hell.
Mark 14:55-56
Acts 6:11-13
11 Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!"
12 And they incited the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came up and* seized him and brought him* to the Sanhedrin.*
13 And they put forward false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop speaking words against the holy place* and the law!
Acts 24:1-13
1 And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney, a certain Tertullus, all of whom brought charges against Paul to the governor.
2 And when* he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him,* saying, "We have experienced* much* peace through you, and reforms are taking place in this nation through your foresight.
3 Both in every way and everywhere we acknowledge this,* most excellent Felix, with all gratitude.
4 But so that I may not impose on you for longer, I implore you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.
5 For we have found* this man to be a public menace and one who causes riots among all the Jews throughout the Roman Empire* and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
6 who even attempted to desecrate the temple, and we arrested ⌊him*⌋.*
Acts 24:8-13
8 When* you yourself examine him* you will be able to find out from ⌊him⌋* about all these things of which we are accusing him."
9 And the Jews also joined in the attack, asserting these things were so.
10 And when* the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, "Because I* know you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I defend myself cheerfully with respect to the things concerning myself.
11 You can ascertain that ⌊it has not been more than⌋* twelve days ⌊since⌋* I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
12 And neither did they find me arguing with anyone or making a crowd develop in the temple courts* nor in the synagogues nor throughout the city.
13 Nor can they prove the things* to you concerning which they are now accusing me.