Matthew 26:59
Douay-Rheims
And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death:
John Chrysostom
(Hom. lxxxv.) As hunters who have started their game, so they exhibit a wild and drunken exultation.
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 26:59-68
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.