Psalm 35:11
“False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.”
King James Version
The suffering servant accused by false witnesses, fulfilled in the false testimony at Jesus's trial before the Sanhedrin.
Fulfillment References
Matthew 26:59-61 Mark 14:56-59
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not' — fulfilled when false witnesses testified against the Lord Jesus at His trial (Matt. 26:59-61). God in flesh stood silent before lying accusers, that the Scripture might be fulfilled and our redemption accomplished.
JewishThe righteous sufferer falsely accused; David's complaint of malicious witnesses repaying good with evil.
CatholicThe false witnesses against Christ at His Passion; the innocent Lamb falsely charged.
ProtestantFulfilled at Jesus' trial, where false witnesses sought His death (Matt. 26:59-61).
AcademicA standard lament of false accusation; the Gospels echo it in the trial narratives.
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