Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
Ver. 59. Sought false witness] Here Christ is convented and examined in the spiritual court with a great deal of injustice and subordination. They first sought false witness, as if they had obeyed our Saviour, who bade them ask those that heard him what he had said unto them,John 18:21 .