66As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people were gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,67“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t believe,
68and if I ask, you will in no way answer me or let me go.69From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
70They all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” He said to them, “You say it, because I am.”
71They said, “Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth!”
66 As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people were gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,
67 “If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t believe,
68 and if I ask, you will in no way answer me or let me go.
69 From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
70 They all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” He said to them, “You say it, because I am.”
71 They said, “Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth!”
TYNDALETyndale New Testament (1534)
66 And assone as it was daye the elders of the people and the hye prestes and scribes came to gedder and ledde him into their counsell sayinge:
67 arte thou very Christ? tell vs. And he sayde vnto the: yf I shall tell you ye will not beleve
68 And yf also I axe you ye will not answere me or let me goo.
69 Herafter shall the sonne of man sit on the ryght honde of the power of God.
70 Then sayde they all: Arte thou then the sonne of God? He sayd to them: ye saye that I am.
71 Then sayde they: what nede we eny further witnes? We oure selves have herde of his awne mouthe.
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66 And assoone as it was day, the Elders of the people, and the hie Priests and the Scribes came together, and led him into their councill,
67 Saying, Art thou that Christ? tell vs. And he said vnto them, If I tell you, ye wil not beleeue it.
68 And if also I aske you, you will not answere me, nor let me goe.
69 Hereafter shall the Sonne of man sit at the right hand of the power of God.
70 Then sayd they all, Art thou then ye Sonne of God? And he sayd to them, Ye say, that I am.
71 Then sayd they, What neede we any further witnes? for we our selues haue heard it of his owne mouth.
Psalms 110:1(v69)Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
Daniel 7:13-14(v69)“I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of…
Mark 16:19(v69)So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
Hebrews 1:3(v69)His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had…
Luke 23:3(v70)Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”
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Matthew 26:64(vv69–70)Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power,…
Mark 14:62(vv69–70)Jesus said, “I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”
Matthew 22:44(v69)‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’
Matthew 27:1(v66)Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
Mark 15:1(v66)Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried…
Acts 2:34-36(v69)For David didn’t ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by my right hand until I make your enemies a…
Ephesians 1:20-23(v69)which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all…
Acts 7:55-56(v69)But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of…
Acts 22:5(v66)As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to…
Romans 8:34(v69)Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes…
Ephesians 4:8-10(v69)Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.” Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but…
Colossians 3:1(v69)If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
Hebrews 8:1(v69)Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of…
Hebrews 12:2(v69)looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and…
1 Peter 3:22(v69)who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
Revelation 3:21(v69)He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
Revelation 22:1(v69)He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Matthew 5:22(v66)But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother,…
Matthew 26:65-66(v71)Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his…
Matthew 27:11(v70)Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.”
Mark 14:63-64(v71)The high priest tore his clothes, and said, “What further need have we of witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?” They…
Mark 15:2(v70)Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.”
Luke 20:3-7(v68)He answered them, “I also will ask you one question. Tell me: the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?” They reasoned with…
Luke 20:41-44(v68)He said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son? David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit…
John 18:37(v70)Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for…
Acts 4:25-28(v66)who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth take a…
Psalms 2:7(v70)I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
Psalms 2:12(v70)Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who…
Matthew 3:17(v70)Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
Matthew 4:3(v70)The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
Matthew 11:3-5(v67)and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?” Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear…
Matthew 26:63-68(v67)But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the…
Matthew 27:43(v70)He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
Matthew 27:54(v70)Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared…
Mark 14:61-66(v67)But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” Jesus said, “I…
Luke 4:41(v70)Demons also came out of many, crying out, and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he didn’t allow them to speak,…
Luke 16:31(v67)“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’ ”
John 1:34(v70)I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”
John 1:49(v70)Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”
John 5:39-47(v67)“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. Yet you will…
John 8:43-45(v67)Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word. You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of…
John 9:27-28(v67)He answered them, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t also want to become his…
John 10:24-26(v67)The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus…
John 10:36(v70)do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’
John 12:37-43(v67)But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him, that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled,…
John 18:28(v66)They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they…
John 19:7(v70)The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
Psalms 2:1-3(v66)Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together,…
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Geneva Bible translators1599 · Public DomainOn v66Christ is wrongfully condemned of blasphemy before the high…
Christ is wrongfully condemned of blasphemy before the high Priest’s judgment seat, that we might be quit before God from the blasphemy which we deserved.
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John Trapp1656 · Public DomainOn vv66–7166 And as soon as it was day, the…
66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
Ver. 66. See Mat 27:1.
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Matthew Poole1685 · Public DomainOn v66Our blessed Lord before his death passed two trials…
Our blessed Lord before his death passed two trials or examinations. The one before the Jewish sanhedrim, whose proper province it was to try such as were accused as false prophets, or blasphemers. This was a kind of ecclesiastical court. The high priest was the chief judge in it, and we are told that they used to sit in his palace. The other was before Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea at that time; he principally took cognizance of criminal things, such especially as concerned the peace of the country, considered as a part of the Roman empire. These verses give an account only of the former. Blasphemy was the crime they charged upon him. We cannot from any one evangelist have a full account of either of them.
See Poole on "Mat 26:57" and following verses to Mat 26:68, when have fully considered what all the evangelists say.
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William Burkitt1703 · Public DomainOn v66Observe here, 1. Christ was judged and tried before…
Observe here, 1. Christ was judged and tried before a court that had no authority to judge or try him, verse 66. They let him into their council. This was their great Sanhedrin, or ecclesiastical court, which, according to its first constitution, was to consist of seventy grave, honorable, and learned men, who were to judge impartially for God, according to Num 11:16 But this, alas, consisted of a malicious pack of Scribes and Pharisees, men full of malice and revenge, and over these Caiaphas now presided; an head fit for such a body: but though there was, at our Saviour’s trial, a face of a court amongst them, yet their power was much abridged by the Romans, so that they could not hear nor determine, neither judge nor condemn, in capital matters.
Observe next, the indictment of blasphemy is brought in against him; What need we any further witness? We have heard his blasphemy. Abominable wickedness! It is not in the power of the greeatest and unspotted innocency to protect from slander and false accusation.
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Observe farther, the great meekness of our Saviour under all these ill suggestions, and false accusations: as a lamb before the shearer, so is he dumb, and opened not his mouth.
Learn thence, that to bear the revilings, contradictions, and false accusations of men, with a silent and submissive spirit, is an excellent and Christ-like temper. Though a trial for his innocent life, was now managed most maliciously and illegally against him, yet, when he was reviled, he reviled not again: when he suffered, he threatened not. Oh may the same meek and humble mind be in us, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, instead of reviling his accusers, prayed for his murderers, and offered up his blood to God on the behalf of them that shed it! Lord Jesus, help us to set up thy instructive example continually before us, and to be daily correcting and reforming of our lives, by that blessed pattern. Amen.
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John Gill1763 · Public DomainOn vv66–68Hereafter shall the son of man,.... Meaning himself, who…
Hereafter shall the son of man,.... Meaning himself, who was truly man, and then in a low and mean form, and thought by the Jews to be a mere man; though this character was known by them to belong to the Messiah, especially what follows; as that he should
sit on the right hand of the power of God: as he did after his resurrection, and ascension, and which was manifest by the destruction of their nation, city, and temple; See Gill on Mat 27:64.
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John Wesley1765 · Public DomainOn vv66, 70Matt. xxvi, 63; Mark xiv, 61.
Matt. xxvi, 63; Mark xiv, 61.
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Adam Clarke1810 · Public DomainOn vv68–71Verse 68. And if I also ask you] Concerning…
Verse 68. And if I also ask you] Concerning the Christ, in case ye cannot give me such an answer as may prove I am not the Christ, ye will not let me go; for I know ye are determined to put me to death.
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Joseph Benson1811 · Public DomainOn v66Luk 22:66-71. And as soon as it was day,…
Luk 22:66-71. And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people, and the chief-priests, &c., came together — When the band of soldiers arrived at the high-priest’s with Jesus, they found many of the chief-priests, and the scribes, and the elders assembled there. (Mar 14:53.) Some persons of distinction, however, may have been absent, whose coming the rest would wait for. Wherefore, although the soldiers brought Jesus to the high- priest’s a while after midnight, his trial did not begin till about three in the morning: the intermediate time being spent in procuring witnesses, in sending for the absent members, in gathering the clerks and officers of the court, and in fitting up an apartment for the trial. For, that Jesus was tried by the council, not in the temple, as many suppose, but in the high-priest’s palace, is evident from Joh 18:28, where we are expressly told, that they led Jesus from Caiaphas’s house to the pretorium. Saying, Art thou the Christ? tell us — Dost thou give up the pretensions thou hast formerly made, or dost thou maintain them? If thou art indeed the Messiah, tell us plainly, and it will bring matters to a short issue. It seems, these wretches hoped to gain a great advantage against Jesus either way; if he confessed it, they would condemn him on that confession; and if he denied it, they would expose him on that denial, as afraid to maintain the pretensions he had made. And he said, If I tell you — That I am the Christ, and give you the most convincing proofs of it, you are resolved that you will not believe. And if I ask you — What you have to object against the proofs I produce; you will not answer me — Here he seems to refer to their silence, when he put a question to them which would have led them to his own authority, Luk 20:5-7. Nor let me go — If I be not the Christ, you ought to answer the arguments by which I prove that I am; if I be, you ought to let me go; but you will do neither: you will only overbear me with renewed violence. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit, &c. — The day will come, when ye shall see the Son of man, who now stands in this despised and lowly form at your tribunal, exalted to all the dignity and glory which that high title imports; sitting on the right hand of the power of God — And coming with irresistible strength to take vengeance on the proudest of his enemies. See on Mat 26:59-64; and Mar 14:53-65. Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? — A number of them cried out together, feigning great astonishment at the blasphemy, as they were pleased to call it, of his answer, and desiring him to repeat it, lest they might have mistaken him, asked, Art thou then the Son of God? — Both these, the Son of God, and the Son of man, were known titles of the Messiah, the one taken from his divine, and the other from his human, nature. And he said unto them, Ye say that I am — This, according to the Jewish manner of speaking, was a plain and strong affirmation of the thing expressed. When the high-priest heard our Lord’s second reply, he solemnly rent his clothes, crying out, that he had spoken blasphemy; and, appealing to the council, he said, What need we any further witness? (Luk 22:71.) And they said, What need we, &c. — The council replied, As you have justly observed, what need have we of witnesses now, seeing we ourselves have heard in what manner he hath blasphemed? And being asked what punishment he deserved, they answered, that he deserved death. Mat 26:26; Mat 26:66.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1878 · Public DomainOn vv66–7066-71. The third Jewish Trial.
66-71. The third Jewish Trial.
66. as soon as it was day] The Oral Law decided that the Sanhedrin could only meet by daylight.
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elders of the people] Literally, “the presbytery of the people,” as in Act_22:5.
elders...chief priests...scribes] See Mar_15:1. The three constituent parts of the Sanhedrin, 1Ma_14:28. The Sanhedrin was the successor of the Great Synagogue, which ended with Simon the Just. Where they met is uncertain. It was either in the Paved Hall, or ‘Hall of Squares’ (Lisehath haggazzith); or in the Beth Midrash (Temple Synagogue), a chamber which abutted on the “middle wall of partition” (Chet), or in the Chanujoth ‘shops’ or ‘booths’ founded by the house of Hanan to sell doves, &c. for the temple.
their council] Synedrion, from which the word Sanhedrin (mistakenly spelt Sanhedrim) is derived. The word is first found on the occasion when they summoned before them Hyrcanus II., son of Alexander Jannaeus. It gloried in being a mild tribunal, but was now an extremely degenerate body, and unworthy of its earlier traditions (Jos. Antt. xiii. 10, § 6; B. J. ii. 8, § 14). The Jewish authorities had lost the power of inflicting death; they could only pass sentence of excommunication, and hand over to the secular arm.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers1878 · Public DomainOn vv66–70(66-71) And as soon as it was day.—See Notes…
(66-71) And as soon as it was day.—See Notes on Mat_27:11-14; Mar_15:2-5. The special mention of the hour, though agreeing with what is implied in the other Gospels, is peculiar to St. Luke.
The elders of the people.—Literally, the presbytery of the people. St. Luke uses here, and in Act_22:5, the collective singular noun, instead of the masculine plural. St. Paul uses it of the assembly of the elders of the Church, in 1Ti_4:14.
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The Pulpit Commentary1880 · Public DomainOn vv66–70Vers. 66-71. The third trial before the Sanhedrin.
Vers. 66-71. The third trial before the Sanhedrin.
And as soon as it was day. The Sanhedrin as a council could only meet by day; all the preliminaries had been settled and the course of procedure fully arranged when the legal time for the meeting of the state council arrived. The elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes earns together, and led him into their council. These were the three constitutional parts of the Sanhedrin. The name of the famous Sanhedrin, curiously enough, is a Greek, not a Hebrew or Aramaic word, being derived from sunedrion , an assembly. We first come on the word, says Dr. Farrar, when this state council summoned before them Hyrcanus II, son of Alexander Jannaeus. In the time of our Lord, the Roman government had taken from them the power of carrying out capital sentences; hence their bringing Jesus before Pilate. There is a remarkable tradition that the council left their proper place of assembly, Gazith, and sat in another chamber (forty years before the destruction of the temple). Now, it was forbidden to condemn to death except in Gazith (see "Avoda Zara," pp. 61, etc.). Dr. Westcott quotes from Derenbourg ("Essai sur l"Histoire et la Geographie de Palestine"), who suggests the probability of the night sitting of Anrias and Caiaphas and the members of the Sanhedrin favorable to their policy (the second trial) being held at "the Booths of the Sons of Hanan" (Annas), These booths, or shops, were under two cedars on the Mount of Olives (Jerusalem Talmud, "Taanith," 4:8). There were four of these booths, which were for the sale of objects legally pure. In one of these pigeons were sold for the sacrifices of all Israel. Derenbourg conjectures that these booths on the Mount of Olives were part of the famous Booths of the Sons of Hanan (Annas), to which the Sanhedrin retired when it left the chamber Gazith.
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B. W. Johnson1891 · Public DomainOn vv66–6866. As soon as it was day. The Lord…
66. As soon as it was day. The Lord had already been examined by Annas, and tried and condemned before Caiaphas in the night. To make it legal a meeting had to be held after daylight. See notes on Matt. 26:57–68. The assembly of the elders. The Sanhedrim. Led him into their council. Before the formal meeting of the body. This is the second time Jesus was before it and the second condemnation.
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J. W. McGarvey1914 · Public DomainOn v66J. W. McGarvey's The Fourfold Gospel [CXXVIII. Third Stage…
J. W. McGarvey's The Fourfold Gospel [CXXVIII. Third Stage of Jewish Trial].
CXXVIII. THIRD STAGE OF JEWISH TRIAL. JESUS FORMALLY CONDEMNED BY THE SANHEDRIN AND LED TO PILATE. (Jerusalem. Friday after dawn.) aMATT. XXVII. 1, 2; bMARK XV. 1; cLUKE XXII. 66-23:1; dJOHN XVIII. 28.
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a1 Now when morning was come, c66 And as soon as it was day, bstraightway cthe assembly of the [702] elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into their council, aall the chief priests and bwith the elders aof the people band scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and atook counsel against Jesus to put him to death [Since blasphemy was by no means a criminal offense among the Romans, the Sanhedrin consulted together and sought for some charge of which the Romans would take notice. As we follow their course it will become evident to us that they found no new ground of accusation against Jesus, and, failing to do so, they decided to make use of our Lord's claim to be the Christ by so perverting it as to make him seem to assert an intention to rebel against the authority of Rome]: csaying, 67 If thou art the Christ, tell us. But he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe [as experience had already proven-- Joh_8:59, Joh_10:31]: 68 and if I ask i you, ye will not answer. [Thus Jesus protests against the violence and injustice of his trial. His judges were asking him whether he was the Christ without any intention of investigating the truth of his claim, but merely for the purpose of condemning him by unwarrantedly assuming that he was not the Christ. They therefore asked in an unlawful spirit as well as in an unlawful manner. Jesus had a good right to ask them questions tending to confirm his Christhood by the Scripture, but had he done so they would not have answered-- Mat_22:41-45. Jesus appeals to them to try the question as to who he was, but they insist on confining the inquiry as to who he claimed to be, assuming that the claim was false.] 69 But from henceforth shall the Son of man be seated at the right hand of the power of God. [See p. 698.] 70 And they all said, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. [The Hebrew mode of expression, equivalent to "Ye say it, because I am."] 71 And they said, What further need have we of witness? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth. [Thus they unconsciously admit their lack of evidence against Jesus.] [703] 1 And the whole company of them rose up, a2 and they bound bJesus, and carried aled him away, d28 They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: cand brought him before Pilate. band delivered him up to Pilate. athe governor. dand it was early; [The Sanhedrin could try and could condemn, but could not put to death without the concurring sentence of the Roman governor. To obtain this sentence, they now lead Jesus before Pilate in the early dawn, having made good use of their time.]
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C. I. Scofield1917 · Public DomainOn vv66, 69And as soon
And as soon
For order of events on the day of the crucifixion, (See Scofield "Mat 26:57").
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Paul E. Kretzmann1924 · Public DomainOn v66Summary of the trial:
Summary of the trial:
v. 66. And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led Him into their council, saying,
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v. 67. Art Thou the Christ! Tell us. And He said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe;
v. 68. and if I also ask you, ye will not answer Me, nor let Me go.
v. 69. Hereafter shall the Son of Man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
v. 70. Then said they all, Art Thou, then, the Son of God? And He said unto them, Ye say that I am.
v. 71. And they said, What need we any further witness? For we ourselves have heard of His own mouth.
See Mat 26:59-66; Mar 14:55-64. Luke gives a summary of both the night meeting at the palace of the high priest and of the morning meeting, in which the sentence of the night was repeated and confirmed. As soon as it was morning, the entire Sanhedrin convened in the Hall of Polished Stones. It was necessary that the sentence of death be taken into consideration once more, and that the travesty upon justice be made not quite so apparent. The demand of the members of the Sanhedrin was short and insolent. He should tell them whether He really were the Christ, the promised Messiah. Jesus gently reminded them of the fact that their entire trial was a farce and a mockery, for they neither believed His words nor answered His questions. One word, however, He told them with great solemnity, namely, that He, the. Son of Man, would be sitting at the right hand of the power of God. When these His judges see Him again, their roles will be exchanged. Then He will be the Judge, and the enemies of Christ will shrink back in terror when they are haled before the throne of His judgment. Then they will call upon the mountains to fall upon them, and upon the hills to cover them. And when they all, following the example of the high priest, demanded a short statement whether He were the Son of God, He gave the majestic answer: You say it; for I am. With this statement Bounding in their ears, the unjust condemnation of the council was in reality the most perfect vindication of the innocence and holiness of Jesus. The reason, then, why the Jews wanted Jesus to die was because He was the Son of God and as such had told them the truth, had rebuked their evil works, and exposed their hypocrisy. But we Christians thank our dear Lord Jesus Christ for having permitted this sentence to be pronounced upon Him, and for testifying to this fact to the very last, confirming it with a solemn oath, that He is the Son of the most blessed God. Now we know that we are reconciled to God by the death of His Son. The blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, cleanest us from all sin.
Summary.While Judas offers to betray his Master, Jesus has Peter and John prepare the Passover meal in a designated house, eats the supper with His disciples, institutes the Holy Eucharist, teaches a lesson in humility, warns Peter against overconfidence in self, suffers the agony of Gethsemane, is betrayed to the Jews by the kiss of Judas, and in the court of the Sanhedrin is condemned to death, while Peter denies Him three times.
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It is now the next day and Jesus is brought before the council.
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As soon as it was day
"At dawn the next morning"
They led him into the council
Possible meanings are 1) "The elders had Jesus brought into the council" or 2) "The guards led Jesus into the council of the elders." Some languages may avoid saying who led him by using the pronoun "they" or by using a passive verb: "Jesus was led into the council" (See: Active or Passive)
council and said
A new sentence can be started here. AT: "council. The elders said to Jesus"
If you are the Christ, tell us
"Tell us if you are the Christ"
If I tell you ... if I ask you
Jesus is saying that whether he speaks or asks them to speak, they will not respond correctly. These two phrases together show that Jesus did not believe that the council was really looking for the truth.
If I tell you, you will not believe
This is the first of two hypothetical statements by Jesus. It was a way for Jesus to respond without giving them a reason to say that he was guilty of blasphemy. Your language may have a way of indicating that the action has not actually happened. (See: Hypothetical Situations)
if I ask you, you will not answer
This is the second hypothetical statement. It was a way for Jesus to rebuke them without giving them a reason to convict him. Your language may have a way of indicating that the action has not actually happened. (See: Hypothetical Situations)
Tyndale Open Study Notes2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0On vv66, 67, 69, 70, 7122:66 At daybreak: It was Friday morning (see study…
22:66 At daybreak: It was Friday morning (see study note on 22:34). • all the elders of the people assembled: The Jewish high council (Greek Sanhedrin) was originally made up of the Jerusalem nobility, both civil leaders and priests, with the high priest as its head. In Jesus’ time, the Sadducees still controlled the Sanhedrin (Acts 5:17), though leading Pharisees had also gained a prominent place on the council (Acts 23:7).
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v66 Christ is wrongfully condemned of blasphemy before the high…
Christ is wrongfully condemned of blasphemy before the high Priest’s judgment seat, that we might be quit before God from the blasphemy which we deserved.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv66–71 66 And as soon as it was day, the…
66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
Ver. 66. See Mat 27:1.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v66 Our blessed Lord before his death passed two trials…
Our blessed Lord before his death passed two trials or examinations. The one before the Jewish sanhedrim, whose proper province it was to try such as were accused as false prophets, or blasphemers. This was a kind of ecclesiastical court. The high priest was the chief judge in it, and we are told that they used to sit in his palace. The other was before Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea at that time; he principally took cognizance of criminal things, such especially as concerned the peace of the country, considered as a part of the Roman empire. These verses give an account only of the former. Blasphemy was the crime they charged upon him. We cannot from any one evangelist have a full account of either of them.
See Poole on "Mat 26:57" and following verses to Mat 26:68, when have fully considered what all the evangelists say.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain On v66 Observe here, 1. Christ was judged and tried before…
Observe here, 1. Christ was judged and tried before a court that had no authority to judge or try him, verse 66. They let him into their council. This was their great Sanhedrin, or ecclesiastical court, which, according to its first constitution, was to consist of seventy grave, honorable, and learned men, who were to judge impartially for God, according to Num 11:16 But this, alas, consisted of a malicious pack of Scribes and Pharisees, men full of malice and revenge, and over these Caiaphas now presided; an head fit for such a body: but though there was, at our Saviour’s trial, a face of a court amongst them, yet their power was much abridged by the Romans, so that they could not hear nor determine, neither judge nor condemn, in capital matters.
Observe next, the indictment of blasphemy is brought in against him; What need we any further witness? We have heard his blasphemy. Abominable wickedness! It is not in the power of the greeatest and unspotted innocency to protect from slander and false accusation.
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Observe farther, the great meekness of our Saviour under all these ill suggestions, and false accusations: as a lamb before the shearer, so is he dumb, and opened not his mouth.
Learn thence, that to bear the revilings, contradictions, and false accusations of men, with a silent and submissive spirit, is an excellent and Christ-like temper. Though a trial for his innocent life, was now managed most maliciously and illegally against him, yet, when he was reviled, he reviled not again: when he suffered, he threatened not. Oh may the same meek and humble mind be in us, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, instead of reviling his accusers, prayed for his murderers, and offered up his blood to God on the behalf of them that shed it! Lord Jesus, help us to set up thy instructive example continually before us, and to be daily correcting and reforming of our lives, by that blessed pattern. Amen.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv66–68 Hereafter shall the son of man,.... Meaning himself, who…
Hereafter shall the son of man,.... Meaning himself, who was truly man, and then in a low and mean form, and thought by the Jews to be a mere man; though this character was known by them to belong to the Messiah, especially what follows; as that he should
sit on the right hand of the power of God: as he did after his resurrection, and ascension, and which was manifest by the destruction of their nation, city, and temple; See Gill on Mat 27:64.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv66, 70 Matt. xxvi, 63; Mark xiv, 61.
Matt. xxvi, 63; Mark xiv, 61.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv68–71 Verse 68. And if I also ask you] Concerning…
Verse 68. And if I also ask you] Concerning the Christ, in case ye cannot give me such an answer as may prove I am not the Christ, ye will not let me go; for I know ye are determined to put me to death.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v66 Luk 22:66-71. And as soon as it was day,…
Luk 22:66-71. And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people, and the chief-priests, &c., came together — When the band of soldiers arrived at the high-priest’s with Jesus, they found many of the chief-priests, and the scribes, and the elders assembled there. (Mar 14:53.) Some persons of distinction, however, may have been absent, whose coming the rest would wait for. Wherefore, although the soldiers brought Jesus to the high- priest’s a while after midnight, his trial did not begin till about three in the morning: the intermediate time being spent in procuring witnesses, in sending for the absent members, in gathering the clerks and officers of the court, and in fitting up an apartment for the trial. For, that Jesus was tried by the council, not in the temple, as many suppose, but in the high-priest’s palace, is evident from Joh 18:28, where we are expressly told, that they led Jesus from Caiaphas’s house to the pretorium. Saying, Art thou the Christ? tell us — Dost thou give up the pretensions thou hast formerly made, or dost thou maintain them? If thou art indeed the Messiah, tell us plainly, and it will bring matters to a short issue. It seems, these wretches hoped to gain a great advantage against Jesus either way; if he confessed it, they would condemn him on that confession; and if he denied it, they would expose him on that denial, as afraid to maintain the pretensions he had made. And he said, If I tell you — That I am the Christ, and give you the most convincing proofs of it, you are resolved that you will not believe. And if I ask you — What you have to object against the proofs I produce; you will not answer me — Here he seems to refer to their silence, when he put a question to them which would have led them to his own authority, Luk 20:5-7. Nor let me go — If I be not the Christ, you ought to answer the arguments by which I prove that I am; if I be, you ought to let me go; but you will do neither: you will only overbear me with renewed violence. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit, &c. — The day will come, when ye shall see the Son of man, who now stands in this despised and lowly form at your tribunal, exalted to all the dignity and glory which that high title imports; sitting on the right hand of the power of God — And coming with irresistible strength to take vengeance on the proudest of his enemies. See on Mat 26:59-64; and Mar 14:53-65. Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? — A number of them cried out together, feigning great astonishment at the blasphemy, as they were pleased to call it, of his answer, and desiring him to repeat it, lest they might have mistaken him, asked, Art thou then the Son of God? — Both these, the Son of God, and the Son of man, were known titles of the Messiah, the one taken from his divine, and the other from his human, nature. And he said unto them, Ye say that I am — This, according to the Jewish manner of speaking, was a plain and strong affirmation of the thing expressed. When the high-priest heard our Lord’s second reply, he solemnly rent his clothes, crying out, that he had spoken blasphemy; and, appealing to the council, he said, What need we any further witness? (Luk 22:71.) And they said, What need we, &c. — The council replied, As you have justly observed, what need have we of witnesses now, seeing we ourselves have heard in what manner he hath blasphemed? And being asked what punishment he deserved, they answered, that he deserved death. Mat 26:26; Mat 26:66.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv66–70 66-71. The third Jewish Trial.
66-71. The third Jewish Trial.
66. as soon as it was day] The Oral Law decided that the Sanhedrin could only meet by daylight.
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elders of the people] Literally, “the presbytery of the people,” as in Act_22:5.
elders...chief priests...scribes] See Mar_15:1. The three constituent parts of the Sanhedrin, 1Ma_14:28. The Sanhedrin was the successor of the Great Synagogue, which ended with Simon the Just. Where they met is uncertain. It was either in the Paved Hall, or ‘Hall of Squares’ (Lisehath haggazzith); or in the Beth Midrash (Temple Synagogue), a chamber which abutted on the “middle wall of partition” (Chet), or in the Chanujoth ‘shops’ or ‘booths’ founded by the house of Hanan to sell doves, &c. for the temple.
their council] Synedrion, from which the word Sanhedrin (mistakenly spelt Sanhedrim) is derived. The word is first found on the occasion when they summoned before them Hyrcanus II., son of Alexander Jannaeus. It gloried in being a mild tribunal, but was now an extremely degenerate body, and unworthy of its earlier traditions (Jos. Antt. xiii. 10, § 6; B. J. ii. 8, § 14). The Jewish authorities had lost the power of inflicting death; they could only pass sentence of excommunication, and hand over to the secular arm.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv66–70 (66-71) And as soon as it was day.—See Notes…
(66-71) And as soon as it was day.—See Notes on Mat_27:11-14; Mar_15:2-5. The special mention of the hour, though agreeing with what is implied in the other Gospels, is peculiar to St. Luke.
The elders of the people.—Literally, the presbytery of the people. St. Luke uses here, and in Act_22:5, the collective singular noun, instead of the masculine plural. St. Paul uses it of the assembly of the elders of the Church, in 1Ti_4:14.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv66–70 Vers. 66-71. The third trial before the Sanhedrin.
Vers. 66-71. The third trial before the Sanhedrin.
And as soon as it was day. The Sanhedrin as a council could only meet by day; all the preliminaries had been settled and the course of procedure fully arranged when the legal time for the meeting of the state council arrived. The elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes earns together, and led him into their council. These were the three constitutional parts of the Sanhedrin. The name of the famous Sanhedrin, curiously enough, is a Greek, not a Hebrew or Aramaic word, being derived from sunedrion , an assembly. We first come on the word, says Dr. Farrar, when this state council summoned before them Hyrcanus II, son of Alexander Jannaeus. In the time of our Lord, the Roman government had taken from them the power of carrying out capital sentences; hence their bringing Jesus before Pilate. There is a remarkable tradition that the council left their proper place of assembly, Gazith, and sat in another chamber (forty years before the destruction of the temple). Now, it was forbidden to condemn to death except in Gazith (see "Avoda Zara," pp. 61, etc.). Dr. Westcott quotes from Derenbourg ("Essai sur l"Histoire et la Geographie de Palestine"), who suggests the probability of the night sitting of Anrias and Caiaphas and the members of the Sanhedrin favorable to their policy (the second trial) being held at "the Booths of the Sons of Hanan" (Annas), These booths, or shops, were under two cedars on the Mount of Olives (Jerusalem Talmud, "Taanith," 4:8). There were four of these booths, which were for the sale of objects legally pure. In one of these pigeons were sold for the sacrifices of all Israel. Derenbourg conjectures that these booths on the Mount of Olives were part of the famous Booths of the Sons of Hanan (Annas), to which the Sanhedrin retired when it left the chamber Gazith.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain On vv66–68 66. As soon as it was day. The Lord…
66. As soon as it was day. The Lord had already been examined by Annas, and tried and condemned before Caiaphas in the night. To make it legal a meeting had to be held after daylight. See notes on Matt. 26:57–68. The assembly of the elders. The Sanhedrim. Led him into their council. Before the formal meeting of the body. This is the second time Jesus was before it and the second condemnation.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain On v66 J. W. McGarvey's The Fourfold Gospel [CXXVIII. Third Stage…
J. W. McGarvey's The Fourfold Gospel [CXXVIII. Third Stage of Jewish Trial].
CXXVIII. THIRD STAGE OF JEWISH TRIAL. JESUS FORMALLY CONDEMNED BY THE SANHEDRIN AND LED TO PILATE. (Jerusalem. Friday after dawn.) aMATT. XXVII. 1, 2; bMARK XV. 1; cLUKE XXII. 66-23:1; dJOHN XVIII. 28.
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a1 Now when morning was come, c66 And as soon as it was day, bstraightway cthe assembly of the [702] elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into their council, aall the chief priests and bwith the elders aof the people band scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and atook counsel against Jesus to put him to death [Since blasphemy was by no means a criminal offense among the Romans, the Sanhedrin consulted together and sought for some charge of which the Romans would take notice. As we follow their course it will become evident to us that they found no new ground of accusation against Jesus, and, failing to do so, they decided to make use of our Lord's claim to be the Christ by so perverting it as to make him seem to assert an intention to rebel against the authority of Rome]: csaying, 67 If thou art the Christ, tell us. But he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe [as experience had already proven-- Joh_8:59, Joh_10:31]: 68 and if I ask i you, ye will not answer. [Thus Jesus protests against the violence and injustice of his trial. His judges were asking him whether he was the Christ without any intention of investigating the truth of his claim, but merely for the purpose of condemning him by unwarrantedly assuming that he was not the Christ. They therefore asked in an unlawful spirit as well as in an unlawful manner. Jesus had a good right to ask them questions tending to confirm his Christhood by the Scripture, but had he done so they would not have answered-- Mat_22:41-45. Jesus appeals to them to try the question as to who he was, but they insist on confining the inquiry as to who he claimed to be, assuming that the claim was false.] 69 But from henceforth shall the Son of man be seated at the right hand of the power of God. [See p. 698.] 70 And they all said, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. [The Hebrew mode of expression, equivalent to "Ye say it, because I am."] 71 And they said, What further need have we of witness? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth. [Thus they unconsciously admit their lack of evidence against Jesus.] [703] 1 And the whole company of them rose up, a2 and they bound bJesus, and carried aled him away, d28 They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: cand brought him before Pilate. band delivered him up to Pilate. athe governor. dand it was early; [The Sanhedrin could try and could condemn, but could not put to death without the concurring sentence of the Roman governor. To obtain this sentence, they now lead Jesus before Pilate in the early dawn, having made good use of their time.]
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On vv66, 69 And as soon
And as soon
For order of events on the day of the crucifixion, (See Scofield "Mat 26:57").
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v66 Summary of the trial:
Summary of the trial:
v. 66. And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led Him into their council, saying,
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v. 67. Art Thou the Christ! Tell us. And He said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe;
v. 68. and if I also ask you, ye will not answer Me, nor let Me go.
v. 69. Hereafter shall the Son of Man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
v. 70. Then said they all, Art Thou, then, the Son of God? And He said unto them, Ye say that I am.
v. 71. And they said, What need we any further witness? For we ourselves have heard of His own mouth.
See Mat 26:59-66; Mar 14:55-64. Luke gives a summary of both the night meeting at the palace of the high priest and of the morning meeting, in which the sentence of the night was repeated and confirmed. As soon as it was morning, the entire Sanhedrin convened in the Hall of Polished Stones. It was necessary that the sentence of death be taken into consideration once more, and that the travesty upon justice be made not quite so apparent. The demand of the members of the Sanhedrin was short and insolent. He should tell them whether He really were the Christ, the promised Messiah. Jesus gently reminded them of the fact that their entire trial was a farce and a mockery, for they neither believed His words nor answered His questions. One word, however, He told them with great solemnity, namely, that He, the. Son of Man, would be sitting at the right hand of the power of God. When these His judges see Him again, their roles will be exchanged. Then He will be the Judge, and the enemies of Christ will shrink back in terror when they are haled before the throne of His judgment. Then they will call upon the mountains to fall upon them, and upon the hills to cover them. And when they all, following the example of the high priest, demanded a short statement whether He were the Son of God, He gave the majestic answer: You say it; for I am. With this statement Bounding in their ears, the unjust condemnation of the council was in reality the most perfect vindication of the innocence and holiness of Jesus. The reason, then, why the Jews wanted Jesus to die was because He was the Son of God and as such had told them the truth, had rebuked their evil works, and exposed their hypocrisy. But we Christians thank our dear Lord Jesus Christ for having permitted this sentence to be pronounced upon Him, and for testifying to this fact to the very last, confirming it with a solemn oath, that He is the Son of the most blessed God. Now we know that we are reconciled to God by the death of His Son. The blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, cleanest us from all sin.
Summary.While Judas offers to betray his Master, Jesus has Peter and John prepare the Passover meal in a designated house, eats the supper with His disciples, institutes the Holy Eucharist, teaches a lesson in humility, warns Peter against overconfidence in self, suffers the agony of Gethsemane, is betrayed to the Jews by the kiss of Judas, and in the court of the Sanhedrin is condemned to death, while Peter denies Him three times.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv66, 69 General Information:
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It is now the next day and Jesus is brought before the council.
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As soon as it was day
"At dawn the next morning"
They led him into the council
Possible meanings are 1) "The elders had Jesus brought into the council" or 2) "The guards led Jesus into the council of the elders." Some languages may avoid saying who led him by using the pronoun "they" or by using a passive verb: "Jesus was led into the council" (See: Active or Passive)
council and said
A new sentence can be started here. AT: "council. The elders said to Jesus"
If you are the Christ, tell us
"Tell us if you are the Christ"
If I tell you ... if I ask you
Jesus is saying that whether he speaks or asks them to speak, they will not respond correctly. These two phrases together show that Jesus did not believe that the council was really looking for the truth.
If I tell you, you will not believe
This is the first of two hypothetical statements by Jesus. It was a way for Jesus to respond without giving them a reason to say that he was guilty of blasphemy. Your language may have a way of indicating that the action has not actually happened. (See: Hypothetical Situations)
if I ask you, you will not answer
This is the second hypothetical statement. It was a way for Jesus to rebuke them without giving them a reason to convict him. Your language may have a way of indicating that the action has not actually happened. (See: Hypothetical Situations)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv66, 67, 69, 70, 71 22:66 At daybreak: It was Friday morning (see study…
22:66 At daybreak: It was Friday morning (see study note on 22:34). • all the elders of the people assembled: The Jewish high council (Greek Sanhedrin) was originally made up of the Jerusalem nobility, both civil leaders and priests, with the high priest as its head. In Jesus’ time, the Sadducees still controlled the Sanhedrin (Acts 5:17), though leading Pharisees had also gained a prominent place on the council (Acts 23:7).
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