1 tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text.
2 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.
3 tn This is a third class condition in the Greek text. Jesus had this experience already in 20:1-8.
4 tn The negation in the Greek text is the strongest possible (οὐ μή, ou mh).
5 tn This is also a third class condition in the Greek text.
6 tn The negation in the Greek text is the strongest possible (οὐ μή, ou mh).
7 sn From now on. Jesus’ authority was taken up from this moment on. Ironically he is now the ultimate judge, who is himself being judged.
8 sn Seated at the right hand is an allusion to Ps 110:1 (“Sit at my right hand…”) and 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.
9 sn The expression the right hand of the power of God 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.
