Mat 26:59. Ἐζήτουν, sought) Upon this arose that host of false witnesses. No greater act of injustice was ever committed than that against our Lord: in respect of God, however, it was the highest exercise of justice.[1159]
[1159] Inasmuch as the holiness of God demanded such an awful sacrifice for the sins, such a precious ransom for the souls of men.-(I. B.) Rom 3:26.-ED.