Mark 14:53

Condemned by the Sanhedrin

14:53 Then ¹  they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law ²  came together.

Mark 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?”

Mark 14:63

14:63 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses?

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

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

⁴ tn Grk “in the middle.”

⁵ tn Grk “questioned him and said to him.”

⁶ tn Or “the Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

sn See the note on Christ in 8:29.