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Mat 26:3. Συνήχθησαν, were gathered together) Thus also in Mat 26:57, and ch. Mat 27:1; Mat 27:17; Mat 27:27; Mat 27:62; cf. Luk 22:66; Mat 28:12; Act 4:5; Act 4:26-27.-οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς, the chief priests) They took the principal part in that matter; they were supported, however, by the scribes, the lawyers, and the elders of the people, who formed the remainder of the Jewish council.-τοῦ λεγομένου, who was called) St Matthew wrote for readers of times and places, in which the names of Caiaphas and Judas (see Mat 26:14) would not be known from any other source.[1110]
[1110] This remark holds good rather of the present Greek translation, subsequently written for more general circulation, than of the original Hebrew Gosp. of St Matthew, written especially for the Jews, to whom the names Caiaphas and Judas would be familiar.-ED.