Discovery BoxMatthew 26:56-58 
Context26:56 But this has happened so that 1 the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
Condemned by the Sanhedrin
26:57 Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house 2 the experts in the law 3 and the elders had gathered. 26:58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After 4 going in, he sat with the guards 5 to see the outcome.
1 tn Grk “But so that”; the verb “has happened” is implied.
2 tn Grk “where.”
3 tn Or “where the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
5 sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.
