Lesson 72Rejection

False Witnesses Rise Up

This lesson explores how Psalm 35:11 connects to Jesus.

📚 Edersheim ✓📖 McDowell ✓

Old Testament

Psalm 35:11

Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.

New Testament

Mark 14:57

Then some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:

Scholar Credits

📚 Edersheim ✓📖 McDowell ✓

Alfred Edersheim

The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah • Appendix IX

False witnesses rising up cited in Messianic commentary on Messiah's trial

Josh McDowell

The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict • #38 Accused by False Witnesses

Fierce witnesses rise up; Matt 26:60 — false witnesses sought, found none

Quick Check

Part 1 - Multiple Choice

Which New Testament passage fulfills this prophecy in this lesson?

Part 2 - Fill In The Blank

Fill in the blank: The Old Testament prophecy for this lesson is ____.

Why This Matters

David described ruthless witnesses who accused him of things he knew nothing about. At Jesus' trial before the Sanhedrin, false witnesses stood up with fabricated charges. The injustice of the trial was not an accident—it was the pattern David had experienced and described. Innocent suffering at the hands of liars was written into the Messiah's story from the beginning.

Reflection

Jesus, when I face disappointment or opposition, remind me that You walked this road first from Psalm 35:11 to Mark 14:57.