56 But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the Prophets might be fulfilled. (A)Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

57 (B)[a]And they took Jesus, and led him to [b]Caiaphas the high Priest, where the Scribes and the Elders were assembled.

58 And Peter followed him afar off unto the high Priest’s [c]hall, and went in and sat with the servants to see the end.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:57 Christ being innocent is condemned of the high Priest for that wickedness whereof we are guilty.
  2. Matthew 26:57 From Annas to Caiaphas, before whom the multitude was assembled, John 18:13.
  3. Matthew 26:58 The word here used, signifieth properly an open large room before an house, as we see in Kings’ palaces and noble men’s houses: we call it a court, for it is open to the air, and by a figure Synecdoche is taken for the house itself.

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