Matius 26:64-66

26:64 Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand ¹  of the Power ²  and coming on the clouds of heaven.” ³  26:65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, ⁴  “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now ⁵  you have heard the blasphemy! 26:66 What is your verdict?” ⁶  They ⁷  answered, “He is guilty and deserves ⁸  death.”

Markus 14:62-64

14:62 “I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand ⁹  of the Power ¹⁰  and coming with the clouds of heaven.” ¹¹  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?” ¹²  They all condemned him as deserving death.

Lukas 22:70-71

22:70 So ¹³  they all said, “Are you the Son of God, ¹⁴  then?” He answered ¹⁵  them, “You say ¹⁶  that I am.” 22:71 Then ¹⁷  they said, “Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves ¹⁸  from his own lips!” ¹⁹ 

[26:64]  ¹ 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.

[26:64]  ² 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.

[26:64]  ³ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13 (see also Matt 24:30).

[26:65]  ⁴ tn Grk “the high priest tore his clothes, saying.”

[26:65]  ⁵ tn Grk “Behold now.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

[26:66]  ⁶ tn Grk “What do you think?”

[26:66]  ⁷ tn Grk “answering, they said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:66]  ⁸ tn Grk “he is guilty of death.” L&N 88.313 states, “pertaining to being guilty and thus deserving some particular penalty – ‘guilty and deserving, guilty and punishable by.’ οἱ δὲ ἀποκριθέντες εἶπαν, ᾿Ενοχος θανάτου ἐστίν ‘they answered, He is guilty and deserves death’ Mt 26:66.”

[14:62]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13.

[14:64]  ¹² tn Grk “What do you think?”

[22:70]  ¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ pronouncement.

[22:70]  ¹⁴ sn The members of the council understood the force of the claim and asked Jesus about another title, Son of God.

[22:70]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “He said to them.”

[22:70]  ¹⁶ sn Jesus’ reply, “You say that I am,” was not a denial, but a way of giving a qualified positive response: “You have said it, but I do not quite mean what you think.”

[22:71]  ¹⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[22:71]  ¹⁸ sn We have heard it ourselves. The Sanhedrin regarded the answer as convicting Jesus. They saw it as blasphemous to claim such intimacy and shared authority with God, a claim so serious and convicting that no further testimony was needed.

[22:71]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “from his own mouth” (an idiom).