Markus 14:53-64
Konteks14:53 Then 1 they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law 2 came together. 14:54 And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He 3 was sitting with the guards 4 and warming himself by the fire. 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: 5 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 6 the high priest stood up before them 7 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, 8 “Are you the Christ, 9 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 10 of the Power 11 and coming with the clouds of heaven.” 12 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?” 13 They all condemned him as deserving death.
[14:53] 1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
[14:53] 2 tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.
[14:54] 3 tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
[14:54] 4 sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.
[14:57] 5 tn Grk “Some standing up gave false testimony against him, saying.”
[14:60] 6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
[14:60] 7 tn Grk “in the middle.”
[14:61] 8 tn Grk “questioned him and said to him.”
[14:61] 9 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] 10 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] 11 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.
