John Trapp Complete Commentary
Mark 14:56
For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
Ver. 56. Agreed not] ισαι ουκ ησαν. Were not matches, or amounted not to an accusation of death.
For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
Ver. 56. Agreed not] ισαι ουκ ησαν. Were not matches, or amounted not to an accusation of death.
See this fully explained in the notes at Matthew 26:57....
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BARE. were bearing. WITNESS. testimonies. AGREED NOT. were not alike.. Divine supplement, here....
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_The trial and condemnation_....
ἴσαι, equal, to the same effect, as the testimonies of true witnesses would, of course, be. Grotius takes the word as meaning, not equal to one another, but equal to the demands of weighty evidence an...
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_Their evidence did not agree. Others translate, their testimonies were not sufficient; that is, so as to amount to a crime that made him guilty of death. The Greek, as well as the Latin text, may be...
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Mark 14:56 For G1063 many G4183 witness G5576 (G5707) against G2596 Him G846 but G2532 testimonies G3141 did...
‘Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to bring about his death, and did not find it. For many bore false witness against him, and their witness did not agree togeth...
Mark 14:56. AGREED NOT TOGETHER; ‘were not equal.' Not necessarily implying contradiction. No two agreed on one point, so as to give the evidence necessary for a legal conviction....
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Their witness agreed not. Peculiar to Mark. Lit., their testimonies were not equal. Hence the difficulty of fulfilling the requirement of the law, which demanded two witnesses. See Deuteronomy 27:6; a...
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