Discovery BoxMatthew 26:57-62 
Context26:57 Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house 1 the experts in the law 2 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 3 going in, he sat with the guards 4 to see the outcome. 26:59 The 5 chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death. 26:60 But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally 6 two came forward 26:61 and declared, “This man 7 said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’” 26:62 So 8 the high priest stood up and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”
1 tn Grk “where.”
2 tn Or “where the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
3 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
4 sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.
5 tn Grk “Now the.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
6 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
7 tn Grk “This one.”
8 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the false testimony.
