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John Gill's Exposition on Mark 14:56
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For many bare false witness against him, etc..] The word “false”, is not expressed in the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions: which only signify, that they bore witness against him, accused him of, and laid many things to his charge: but their witness agreed not together; which showed it to be false, and so not to be admitted; for witnesses were to be as one in their testimony, or not to be received: the, rules concerning them with the Jews, are these f253; “the tradition is, for ever let not their testimony be joined together, unless they both see, dak, “as one”: says R. Joshua ben Korcha, even one after another; and their testimony is not ratified in the council, until they both witness “as one”.” j Though this is not much the sense of the passage here; it was not the falsehood of their testimony, which this council was unconcerned about, or the contradiction that was in it, which does not appear; but their testimonies were not, isai, “equal”, or answerable to the wishes of the council; they were not sufficient to prove a capital crime upon him, in order to, put him to death, which was what they wanted: they only respected some light and trivial matters, and did not amount to a charge of blasphemy, or sedition.
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