Mark 14:55 Cross References - MLV

⁵⁵ Now the high-priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus, that they might slay him, and they were not finding it.

¹⁰ And set two men, worthless fellows, before him and let them bear witness against him, saying, You cursed God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him to death.

¹³ And the two men, the worthless fellows, came in and sat before him. And the worthless fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth cursed God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.

¹² Deliver me not over to the will of my adversaries. Because false witnesses have risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty.

¹¹ Unrighteous witnesses rise up, they ask me of things that I do not know.

⁴ Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no occasion nor fault, inasmuch as he was faithful, nor was there any error or fault found in him.

²² But I say to you, that everyone who is vainly angry to ward his brother will be liable to the judgment, and whoever says to his brother, You, empty-head, will be liable to the council, but whoever says, You fool, will be liable to the hell of fire.
{Vainly can be: with emptiness (without cause or reason; i.e. to further one's own vanity)}

{Empty-head is an expression of contempt. The Greek here could be simply ‘fool’said as an expression of condemnation or could be a transliteration of ‘Moreh’which is a Hebrew expression of condemnation. In Mat 5:22 the wording doesn’t matter; it’s the way it is said or meant.}

⁵⁹ Now the high-priests and the elders and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus, how they might slay him; ⁶⁰ and they did not find any, even though many false witnesses came. Still, they did not find any.

¹¹ Then they instigated men, saying, We have heard him speak blasphemous declarations at Moses and God. ¹² And they agitated the people and the elders and the scribes and standing against him, seized him and led him into the council.
¹³ And false witnesses stood up, who said, This man is not ceasing to speak blasphemous declarations against this holy place and the law;

¹ Now after five days, the high-priest Ananias with the elders and an orator came down, someone named Tertullus, who disclosed to the governor the charges against Paul. ² Now having been called, Tertullus began to accuse Paul, saying, We are obtaining much peace through you and public-reforms are happening to this nation through your forethought. ³ We are accepting it both in all things and everywhere, with all thanksgiving, most-excellent Felix. ⁴ But in order that I may not hinder you more, I plead with you by your gentleness to hear us briefly. ⁵ For we have found this man a plague, and he is moving this dissension to all the Jews throughout the inhabited-earth. And he is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes; ⁶ who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also took-hold of. And was willing to be judged according to our law. \ulnone\nosupersub ⁷ Now Lysias the commander having come near, with much violence, did take away Paul out of our hands, \ulnone\nosupersub ⁸ having commanded his accusers to come to you. From whom, having examined him, you will be able to fully know concerning all these things of which we are accusing him. ⁹ But the Jews themselves banded together in the attack, thus claiming these things to hold truth.
¹⁰ Now when the governor had signaled to him to speak, Paul answered, Having known you are a judge to this nation out of many years experience. I am cheerfully making my defense of these things concerning myself. ¹¹ You surely are able to know that it is not more-than twelve days to me from which time I went up to worship in Jerusalem; ¹² and they did not find me reasoning angrily with anyone, or making a hostile gathering of the crowd in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city, ¹³ nor are they able to present things concerning me, of which they are now accusing me.

¹⁶ having a good conscience; in order that, in what they are speaking against you as evildoers, they may be ashamed who are railing at your good conduct in Christ. ¹⁷ For it is better to suffer doing good than for doing evil, (if the will of God wills it). ¹⁸ Because Christ also suffered once for all on behalf of our sins, the righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, in order that he might lead you to God; having indeed been slain in the flesh, but was given-life in the Spirit;