14:56a-b
For many bore false witness against Jesus, but their testimony was inconsistent: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as For is a conjunction that often introduces an explanation. Here this sentence explains why the evidence against Jesus was not adequate or convincing. Introduce this reason in a way that is natural in your language.
14:56a
For many bore false witness against Jesus: The clause For many bore false witness against Jesus indicates that many witnesses accused Jesus of disobeying the law, but the things that they said were not true.
Here are some other ways to translate this clause:
Many people came and told false things about him (New Century Version)
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Many witnesses told lies against Jesus (Good News Bible)
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Many gave false evidence against him (Revised English Bible)
14:56b
but their testimony was inconsistent: This part of the verse indicates that the witnesses said different things about Jesus that contradicted each other. Jewish law required that at least two witnesses must agree in what they say when they accuse a person. They must give the same evidence against him. Otherwise, the accusation was not considered to be true. The reason the leaders could not find evidence against Jesus was that no two witnesses agreed with each other.
was inconsistent: The phrase was inconsistent means that what one person said contradicted what another person said. Their testimony was not the same.
Here is another way to translate this:
but each one said different things and none of them agreed with any other witness.
Translate was inconsistent in a way that sounds natural in your language.
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