Two False Witnesses
"At the last came two false witnesses, and said, this fellow said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.'" Matthew 26:60-61
At the preliminary hearing before Caiaphas, the high priest, 'the chief priests, and elders, and all the council sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death.' Many came forward willing to give perjured testimony against Jesus.
Although they desired to provide false testimony, they were not able to complete the task for two reasons. First, the Council wanted to charge Jesus with a crime so serious that the governor would call for the death sentence. Second, according to Mosaic law it was necessary that two witnesses, when examined separately without the other present, both testify to the same detailed evidence against him. Finally, they found two men who provided the same testimony.
The Two False Witnesses twisted the truth by saying that Jesus said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.' According to John 2:19-20 "Jesus said, 'Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. The Jews then said, 'This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?' But he was speaking of the temple of his body."
The twisted testimony meaning a threat against the Temple of Jerusalem lead to the accusation of blasphemy, a capital offense to the Jews and sedition, a crime meriting death to the Romans.1
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1 Jesus Loved Them, Sam Patrick and Omar Garrison pg 95
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