KJV
ASV
59. Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
ESV
59. Now the chief priests and the whole Council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
ERVEN
59. The leading priests and the high council tried to find something against Jesus so that they could kill him. They tried to find people to lie and say that Jesus had done wrong.
NLT
59. Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council were trying to find witnesses who would lie about Jesus, so they could put him to death.
WEB
59. Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
NET
59. The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.
NLV
59. The religious leaders and the other leaders and all the court were looking for false things to say against Jesus. They wanted some reason to kill Him.
HCSB
59. The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so they could put Him to death.
YLT
59. And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,
LITV
59. And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrin looked for false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death,
RV
59. Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
NCV
59. The leading priests and the whole Jewish council tried to find something false against Jesus so they could kill him.
MKJV
59. And the chief priests and the elders and all the sanhedrin sought false witness against Jesus, in order to put Him to death.
AKJV
59. Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
LXXEN
KJV
59. Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
AMP
59. Now the chief priests and the whole council (the Sanhedrin) sought to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death;
KJVP
59. Now G1161 CONJ the G3588 T-NPM chief priests G749 N-NPM , and G2532 CONJ elders G4245 A-NPM , and G2532 CONJ all G3650 A-NSN the G3588 T-NSN council G4892 N-NSN , sought G2212 V-IAI-3P false witness G5577 N-ASF against G2596 PREP Jesus G2424 N-GSM , to G3704 ADV put him to death G2289 V-AAS-3P ;
YLT
59. And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,
ASV
59. Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
WEB
59. Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
NASB
59. The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death,
ESV
59. Now the chief priests and the whole Council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
RV
59. Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
RSV
59. Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
NKJV
59. Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,
MKJV
59. And the chief priests and the elders and all the sanhedrin sought false witness against Jesus, in order to put Him to death.
AKJV
59. Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
NRSV
59. Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death,
NIV
59. The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death.
NIRV
59. The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for something to use against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death.
NLT
59. Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council were trying to find witnesses who would lie about Jesus, so they could put him to death.
MSG
59. The high priests, conspiring with the Jewish Council, tried to cook up charges against Jesus in order to sentence him to death.
GNB
59. The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some false evidence against Jesus to put him to death;
NET
59. The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.
ERVEN
59. The leading priests and the high council tried to find something against Jesus so that they could kill him. They tried to find people to lie and say that Jesus had done wrong.