Discovery BoxMark 14:53 
ContextCondemned 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
Context14:60 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
Context14:63 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses?
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.
