²¹ Why askest thou me? Ask them that have heard `me', what I spake unto them: behold, these know the things which I said.

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

⁶⁰ and they found it not, though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two,

⁵⁵ Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found it not.

⁵⁶ For many bare false witness against him, and their witness agreed not together.

⁵⁷ And there stood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

⁵⁸ We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.

⁵⁹ And not even so did their witness agree together.

⁶⁷ If thou art the Christ, tell us. But he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

¹² and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.

¹³ Neither can they prove to thee the things whereof they now accuse me.

¹⁸ amidst which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult: but `there were' certain Jews from Asia--

¹⁹ who ought to have been here before thee, and to make accusation, if they had aught against me.

²⁰ Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found when I stood before the council,