Markus 14:55-65

14:55 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. 14:56 Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree. 14:57 Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: ¹  14:58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’” 14:59 Yet even on this point their testimony did not agree. 14:60 Then ²  the high priest stood up before them ³  and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?” 14:61 But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, ⁴  “Are you the Christ, ⁵  the Son of the Blessed One?” 14:62 “I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand ⁶  of the Power ⁷  and coming with the clouds of heaven.” ⁸  14:63 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses? 14:64 You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?” ⁹  They all condemned him as deserving death. 14:65 Then ¹⁰  some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, “Prophesy!” The guards also took him and beat ¹¹  him.

[14:57]  ¹ tn Grk “Some standing up gave false testimony against him, saying.”

[14:60]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[14:60]  ³ tn Grk “in the middle.”

[14:61]  ⁴ tn Grk “questioned him and said to him.”

[14:61]  ⁵ tn Or “the Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[14:61]  sn See the note on Christ in 8:29.

[14:62]  ⁶ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.

[14:62]  ⁷ sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.

[14:62]  ⁸ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13.

[14:64]  ⁹ tn Grk “What do you think?”

[14:65]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[14:65]  ¹¹ tn For the translation of ῥάπισμα (rJapisma), see L&N 19.4.