New English Translation

Mark 14:52-59 New English Translation (NET)

52. but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.

53. Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.

54. And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He was sitting with the guards and warming himself by the fire.

55. The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything.

56. Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.

57. Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:

58. “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’”

59. Yet even on this point their testimony did not agree.