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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!”

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Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin

66 When daylight came,(A) the elders[a] of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes,(B) convened and brought him before their Sanhedrin.(C) 67 They said,(D) “If you are the Messiah, tell us.”

But he said to them, “If I do tell you, you will not believe. 68 And if I ask you, you will not answer. 69 But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”(E)

70 They all asked, “Are you, then, the Son of God?” (F)

And he said to them, “You say that I am.”(G)

71 “Why do we need any more testimony,” they said, “since we’ve heard it ourselves from his mouth?”

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Footnotes

  1. 22:66 Or council of elders