Mark 14 · Verse 59

Mark 14:59

But neither so did their witness agree together.
Mark 14:59, King James Version

Mark 14:59 in other translations

BSBBut even their testimony was inconsistent.
WEBEven so, their testimony didn’t agree.
ASVAnd not even so did their witness agree together.
YLTand neither so was their testimony alike.
DARBYAnd neither thus did their testimony agree.
BBEAnd even so their witness was not in agreement.
WebsterBut neither so did their testimony agree together.

What does Mark 14:59 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
59. But neither so did their witness agree together--that is, not even as to so brief a speech, consisting of but a few words, was there such a concurrence in their mode of reporting it as to make out a decent case. In such a charge everything depended on the very terms alleged to have been used. For every one must see that a very slight turn, either way, given to such words, would make them either something like indictable matter, or else a ridiculous ground for a criminal charge--would either give them a colorable pretext for the charge of impiety which they were bent on making out, or else make the whole saying appear, on the worst view that could be taken of it, as merely some mystical or empty boast.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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 14:59 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.

καὶkaiAndG2532
οὐδὲoudenotG3761
οὕτωςhoutōsthusG3779
ἴσηisēalikeG2470
ἦνēnwasG1510
ἡhētheG3588
μαρτυρίαmarturiatestimonyG3141
αὐτῶν.autōnof them.G846

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Mark 14:59

    But neither so did their witness agree together.

  • Mark 14:60

    And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

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Mark 14:59 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas ni aun así se concertaba el testimonio de ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ainsi non plus leur témoignage ne s’accordait pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und auch also war ihr Zeugnis nicht übereinstimmend.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et non erat conveniens testimonium illorum.