Maliciously Garbling and Misrepresenting Jesus
And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, ~ Mark 14:57 ESV
Many people lied about him, but their stories didn’t match. Then some stood up and falsely accused him, saying, “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple built by people and in three days build another one that isn’t made by people.’” But even then, their stories didn’t agree. From: Mark 14:56-59
The false witnesses maliciously garbled and misrepresented Jesus’ statements.
When you share the truth about Jesus today online or in person, you will hear the same kind of false accusations and distortions as in the past. Those who oppose the gospel still twist Jesus’ words, trying to mislead people who don’t know the Bible for themselves. Even some who claim to know the Bible manipulate its meaning to turn others away from the true message of Jesus Christ. These individuals are not serving God but are working for the father of lies—Satan.
If people don’t study the Bible for themselves, they become easy targets for deception. That’s why knowing Scripture is so important.
Hosea 4:6 – “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me.”
2 Timothy 2:15 – “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”
Deception is nothing new. Just as false witnesses distorted Jesus’ words in the past, people still twist Scripture today to mislead others. But God calls us to be vigilant, study His Word, and stand firm in the truth. Don’t be swayed by false teachings—know the gospel for yourself!
2 Peter 3:16 – “He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.”
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 – “For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.” (They’ll pay for it in the end.)
Read / Listen / Video
Numbers 14:1-15:16
Mark 14:53-72
Psalm 53:1-6
Proverbs 11:4
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God? There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them. Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad. ~ Psalms 53:1-6
New Testament
Mark 14:53-72
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Listen to John MacArthur on today’s scripture below:
Mark by John MacArthur
When the penalty of death was given, it had to be a period of 24 hours intervening before the execution took place. One full day was required – that’s time to transpire before the execution in case of further evidence coming forth. Witnesses whose testimony determined guilt – you’ll find this interesting – also had to inflict the first blows of execution.
Jewish form of execution was what? Stoning. If someone was convicted by the testimony of witnesses, those witnesses had to then first throw the stones. That was intended to add the last degree of authenticity to the trial. This is a very carefully thought-out system of law.
Here’s some more things. No criminal could be tried at night. No criminal could be tried through the night when it began during the day. In fact, no criminal could be tried in the afternoon. Judges had to fast through the trial, taking seriously their responsibility. Trials were never allowed on a Sabbath, never allowed on a feast day, such as a Passover, and never allowed on the day before a feast day. If the judges were unanimous, the criminal was given freedom.
You say, “Why is that the case?” Because the Jews said it lacked mercy. Sanhedrin members in the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem were chosen from the lower courts, just as our system works. They were either chosen because of their success in the lower courts or occasionally they were the disciples of the members of the Great Sanhedrin. That gives you a little bit of a feeling for the system of justice that rose out of the instruction of Moses in the sixteenth chapter of Deuteronomy.
Having said that, let me say this: The Jewish trial of Jesus violated all those laws – all of them. It violated all principles of justice and perpetrated the greatest miscarriage of justice ever. It was illegal from the beginning to the end in every possible way. That’s the Jewish trial. The Gentile trial was equally unjust. It was a secular tribunal, but it was a travesty of injustice, a violation of truth.
There was a Jewish trial and then a Gentile trial. The Jewish trial had three phases, the Gentile trial had three phases in the case of our Lord Jesus Christ, so six times He stood before a judge or judges, six different times in a period of less than five hours. All the phases of trials were accelerated in the few hours ending just after dawn on Friday morning, leaving time for the mockery, the scourging, and the crucifixion by 9:00 AM; Mark 15:25 says He was crucified at 9:00 AM. Click here for the entire message
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