King James Version

Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the elders and” (οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ) before the here.

οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeNowδέconjunction — “Now”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.Nowἀρχιερεῖςarchiereischief priestsἀρχιερεύς (archiereus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “chief priests”, the subject formG749high priest, chief priest.This verse uses “chief priest”.the chief priestsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.συνέδριονsunedrioncouncilσυνέδριονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “council”, the subject formG4892a council, tribunal; the Sanhedrin, the meeting place of the Sanhedrin.the councilὅλονholonallὅλος (holos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “all”, the subject formG3650all, the whole, entire, complete.This verse uses “all”.ἐζήτουνezētounsoughtζητέω (zēteō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “sought”, an ongoing action in the pastG2212I seek, search for, desire, require, demand.soughtψευδομαρτυρίανpseudomarturianfalse witnessψευδομαρτυρία (pseudomarturia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “false witness”, the object formG5577false testimony, false witness.false witnessκατὰkataagainstκατάpreposition — “against”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “against”.againstτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the of-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusὅπωςhopōstoὅπωςconjunction — “to”G3704how, in order that, so that, that.toαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himθανατώσωσινthanatōsōsinto deathθανατόω (thanatoō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “to death”, a single actionG2289I put to death, subdue; pass: I am in danger of death, am dead to, am rid of, am parted from.to death

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πρεσβύτεροιpresbuteroieldersπρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “elders”, the subject formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

Young’s Literal Translation

And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

World English Bible

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

Darby Translation

And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

Douay-Rheims

And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death:

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