Mark 14 · Verse 57

Mark 14:57

And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
Mark 14:57, King James Version

Mark 14:57 in other translations

BSBThen some men stood up and testified falsely against Him:
WEBSome stood up and gave false testimony against him, saying,
ASVAnd there stood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
YLTAnd certain having risen up, were bearing false testimony against him, saying--
DARBYAnd certain persons rose up and bore false witness against him, saying,
BBEThen some got up and gave false witness against him, saying,
WebsterAnd there arose certain, and bore false testimony against him, saying,

What does Mark 14:57 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
57. And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him--Matthew (Mt 26:60) is more precise here: "At the last came two false witnesses." As no two had before agreed in anything, they felt it necessary to secure a duplicate testimony to something, but they were long of succeeding. And what was it, when at length it was brought forward? saying--as follows:

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 14:53-65

We have here Christ's condemnation before the great council of the Jews. Peter followed; but the high priest's fire-side was no proper place, nor his servants proper company, for Peter: it was an entrance into temptation. Great diligence was used to procure false witnesses against Jesus, yet their testimony was not equal to the charge of a capital crime, by the utmost stretch of their law. He was asked, Art thou the…

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Mark 14:57 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαίKaiAndG2532
τινεςtinessomeG5100
ἀναστάντεςanastanteshaving risen upG450
ἐψευδομαρτύρουνepseudomarturounwere bearing false testimonyG5576
κατ᾽kat᾽againstG2596
αὐτοῦautouHimG846
λέγοντεςlegontessayingG3004

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 14:57

  • Acts 6:13-14

    And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

  • Matthew 26:60-61

    But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

  • Jeremiah 26:8-9

    Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

  • Mark 15:29

    And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,

  • Matthew 27:40

    And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

  • Jeremiah 26:18

    Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

  • John 2:18-21

    Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and bare.
15:29; Jer 26:8,9,18; Mt 26:60,61; 27:40; Joh 2:18-21; Ac 6:13,14

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Context

  • Mark 14:56

    For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.

  • Mark 14:57

    And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

  • Mark 14:58

    We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

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Mark 14:57 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces levantándose unos, dieron falso testimonio contra él, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quelques-uns s’élevèrent et portèrent un faux témoignage contre lui, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und etliche standen auf und gaben falsches Zeugnis wider ihn und sprachen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et quidam surgentes, falsum testimonium ferebant adversus eum, dicentes: