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 am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”
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The high priest stood up in the middle, and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?” 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 am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”
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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 am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”
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And he helde his peace and answered noothinge. Agayne the hyeste Preste axed him and sayde vnto him: Arte thou Christ the sonne of the blessed?
And Iesus sayde: I am. And the shall se the sonne of man syt on the ryght honde of power and come in the cloudes of heven.
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But hee helde his peace, and answered nothing. Againe the hie Priest asked him, and sayde vnto him, Art thou that Christ the Sonne of the Blessed?
And Iesus said, I am he, and yee shall see the Sonne of man sitte at the right hande of the power of God, and come in the clouds of heauen.
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- Daniel 7:13-14 (v62) “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…
- Psalms 110:1 (v62) Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
- Hebrews 1:3 (v62) 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…
- Mark 13:26 (v62) Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
- Matthew 24:30 (v62) and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man…
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- Luke 22:69 (v62) From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
- Matthew 26:64 (v62) 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,…
- Hebrews 12:2 (v62) 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…
- Revelation 1:7 (v62) Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn…
- Matthew 26:63-64 (v61) 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…
- Mark 16:19 (v62) So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
- Acts 1:9-11 (v62) When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. While they were looking…
- Mark 15:2 (vv61–62) Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.”
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 (v62) and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,…
- Hebrews 8:1 (v62) 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…
- Revelation 20:11 (v62) I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
- Isaiah 53:7 (v61) He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before…
- Luke 23:3 (v62) Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”
- Hebrews 8:10 (v62) “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind,…
- Hebrews 8:12-13 (v62) For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.” In that he says, “A new covenant”,…
- Matthew 27:11 (v62) 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.”
- John 10:30-31 (v61) I and the Father are one.” Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.
- John 19:7 (v61) The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
- Luke 22:67-71 (v61) “If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t believe, and if I ask, you will in no way answer me or let…
- John 10:36 (v61) 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?’
- 1 Peter 2:23 (v61) When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.
- Psalms 2:7 (v61) I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
- Psalms 39:1-2 (v61) I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.” I was…
- Psalms 39:9 (v61) I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
- Psalms 119:12 (v61) Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
- Isaiah 9:6-7 (v61) For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor,…
- Matthew 3:17 (v61) Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
- Matthew 8:29 (v61) Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
- Matthew 11:3-5 (v61) 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 27:12-14 (v61) When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they…
- John 1:34 (v61) I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”
- John 5:18-25 (v61) For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own…
- Matthew 16:16 (v61) Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
- Mark 14:61-63 (v61) 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…
- Mark 15:4-5 (v61) Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!” But Jesus made no further answer, so that…
- John 1:49-51 (v61) Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!” Jesus answered him, “Because I told you, ‘I saw you…
- John 10:24 (v61) 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.”
- John 18:37 (v61) 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…
- John 19:9 (v61) He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.
- Acts 8:32 (v61) Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is…
- 1 Timothy 1:11 (v61) according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
- 1 Timothy 6:15 (v61) which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v61 Of God, who is most worthy of all praise?
Of God, who is most worthy of all praise?
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv61–62 57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness…
57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,
58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
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59 But neither so did their witness agree together.
60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
Ver. 61. The Son of the Blessed?] So God is called, because to be everlastingly blessed and praised of men and angels. Hence God is frequently set forth in the commentaries of the Hebrew doctors by Baruch-hu, He that is blessed. So Zacharias begins his canticle with, "Blessed is the Lord God," &c., Luk 1:68.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv61–62 And some began to spit on him,.... The men…
And some began to spit on him,.... The men that held him, Luk 22:6, fulfilling the prophecy in Isa 50:6;
and to cover his face; with a veil, or linen cloth, to blindfold: him, as a person unworthy to behold the light: or rather, in order to make sport with him:
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and to buffet him; with their double fists;
and to say unto him, prophesy. The Arabic version adds, "unto us, O Christ, who it is that hath buffeted thee now?" that gave thee the last blow? and to the same purpose the Ethiopic. The Persic version adds, "and deliver thyself";
and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. The Syriac version renders it, "on his cheeks": they gave him slaps on the face. These were the officers of the high priest, that used him in this indecent manner. This clause is omitted in the Ethiopic version.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v61 Matt. xxvi, 63; Luke xxii, 67.
Matt. xxvi, 63; Luke xxii, 67.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v61 Verse 61. Of the Blessed?] Θεου του ευλογητου, Or,…
Verse 61. Of the Blessed?] Θεου του ευλογητου, Or, of God the blessed one. Θεου, is added here by AK, ten others, Vulgate, and one of the Itala. It might be introduced into the text, put in Italics, if the authority of the MSS. and versions be not deemed sufficient. It appears necessary for the better understanding of the text. The adjective, however, conveys a good sense by itself, and is according to a frequent Hebrew form of speech.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v61 Our Redeemer was silent, because he knew they would…
Our Redeemer was silent, because he knew they would not attend to his words; therefore does he say in St. Luke, If I shall tell you, you will not believe me. (Theophylactus)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv61–62 61. The Christ — See note on Mat_1:1.
61. The Christ — See note on Mat_1:1.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v62 62. And Jesus said. I am] Thus adjured, the…
62. And Jesus said. I am] Thus adjured, the Lord broke the silence He had hitherto maintained. His answer to such a question must be liable to no misinterpretation. Peter in an ecstatic moment had declared He was the King Messiah, “the Son of the living God” (Mat_16:16), and He had not refused the awful Name. Thousands also of Galilean pilgrims had saluted Him with Hosannas in this character through the streets of Jerusalem. But as yet He had not openly declared Himself. The supreme moment, however, had at length arrived, and He now replied, “I am—the Messiah, the Son of God, the Son of Man—and hereafter ye shall see Me sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.” Comp. Dan_7:13; Psa_8:4; Psa_110:1.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v61 (61) The Son of the Blessed.—In St. Matthew and…
(61) The Son of the Blessed.—In St. Matthew and St. Luke we have simply “the Son of God;” but the use of “the Blessed” as a name of God in doxologies and other solemn formulæ was a common practice.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v62 To this question our Lord returns a plain and…
To this question our Lord returns a plain and candid answer, out of reverence for the Divine Name which, as St. Matthew and St. Luke tell us, had been invoked by the high priest, and also respect for the office of the high priest, by whom he had been put upon his oath. St. Chrysostom says that our Lord answered thus that he might leave without excuse all those who listened to him, who would not hereafter be able to plead in the day of judgment that, when our Lord was solemnly asked in the council whether he was the Son of God, he had either refused to answer, or had answered evasively. This answer of our Lord is full of majesty and sublimity. He is arraigned as a criminal, standing in the midst of the chief priests and scribes, his bitter enemies; and it is as though he said, "You, O Caiaphas, and you the chief priests and elders of the Jews, are now unjustly condemning me as a false prophet and a false Christ; but the day is at hand when I, who am now a prisoner at your judgment seat, shall sit on the throne of glory as the Judge of you and of all mankind. You are now about to condemn me to the death of the cross; but I shall then sit in judgment upon you, and condemn you for this terrible guilt of slaying me, who am the true God and the Judge of the world."
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv61–62 But He held His peace.
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But He held His peace.
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Eloquent silence
There is a silence which is often more eloquent than speech, means more than any words, and speaks ten times more powerfully to the heart. Such, for example, is the silence when the heart is too full for utterance, and the organs of speech are choked by the whelming tide of emotion. The sight of a great man so shaken, and quivering with feeling, that the tongue can give no voice to what the heart feels, is of all human rhetoric the most potent. Such, also, is the silence of a wise man challenged to speak by those whom he feels unworthy of his words. The man who can stand and listen to the language of stolid ignorance, venomous bigotry, and personal insult, addressed to him in an offensive spirit, and offers no reply, exerts a far greater power upon the minds of his assailants, than he could by words however forceful. His silence reflects a moral majesty, before which the heart of his assailants will scarcely fail to cower. Such was the silence which Christ now maintained in this hall. (Homilist.)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v62 14:62 I Am: Cp. study note on 6:49-50. The…
14:62 I Am: Cp. study note on 6:49-50. The reader has known from the beginning that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God (1:1). This was acknowledged by demons (1:24; 3:11; 5:7), by God (1:11; 9:7), and by the disciples (8:29-30), but this is the first time that Jesus openly and publicly acknowledged that he was the Messiah. • The second part of Jesus’ reply was that he would sit in the place of power at God’s right hand, which foretold his resurrection and ascension (Luke 24:50-51; Acts 1:9-11; see Phil 2:9; Heb 1:3) and his triumphal coming on the clouds of heaven to judge the world. At Jesus’ return, roles will be reversed, and those judging the Son of Man will be judged by him.
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