Markus 14:54

14:54 And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He ¹  was sitting with the guards ²  and warming himself by the fire.

Markus 14:60-61

14:60 Then ³  the high priest stood up before them ⁴  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, ⁵  “Are you the Christ, ⁶  the Son of the Blessed One?”

[14:54]  ¹ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[14:54]  ² sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.

[14:60]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[14:60]  ⁴ tn Grk “in the middle.”

[14:61]  ⁵ tn Grk “questioned him and said to him.”

[14:61]  ⁶ 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.