Mark 14:53-65
New American Standard Bible
Jesus before His Accusers
53 (A)They led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes *gathered together. 54 And Peter had followed Him at a distance, (B)right into (C)the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the [a]officers and (D)warming himself at the [b]fire. 55 Now the chief priests and the entire [c](E)Council were trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any. 56 For many people were giving false testimony against Him, and so their testimonies were not consistent. 57 And then some stood up and began giving false testimony against Him, saying, 58 “We heard Him say, ‘(F)I will destroy this [d]temple that was made by hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands.’” 59 And not even in this respect was their testimony consistent. 60 And then the high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Jesus, saying, “Do You not offer any answer for what these men are testifying against You?” 61 (G)But He kept silent and did not offer any answer. (H)Again the high priest was questioning Him, and *said to Him, “Are You the [e]Christ, the Son of [f]the Blessed One?” 62 And Jesus said, “I am; and you shall see (I)the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and (J)coming with the clouds of heaven.” 63 (K)Tearing his clothes, the high priest *said, “What further need do we have of witnesses? 64 You have heard the (L)blasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him as deserving of death. 65 And some began to (M)spit on Him, and [g](N)to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists and say to Him, “(O)Prophesy!” Then the officers took custody of Him [h]and slapped Him in the face.
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- Mark 14:54 Or servants
- Mark 14:54 Lit light
- Mark 14:55 Or Sanhedrin
- Mark 14:58 Or sanctuary
- Mark 14:61 I.e., Messiah
- Mark 14:61 A common way for the Jewish leaders to refer to God
- Mark 14:65 Or cover over His face
- Mark 14:65 Or with blows inflicted by rods
Mark 14:53-65
Lexham English Bible
Jesus Before the Sanhedrin
53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. 54 And Peter followed him from a distance, right inside, into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the officers and warming himself by the fire. 55 Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, and they did not find it.[a] 56 For many gave false testimony against him, and their[b] testimony was not consistent. 57 And some stood up and[c] began to give false testimony[d] against him, saying, 58 “We heard him saying, ‘I will destroy this temple made by hands, and within three days I will build another not made by hands.” 59 And their testimony was not even consistent about this. 60 And the high priest stood up in the midst of them and[e] asked Jesus, saying, “Do you not reply anything? What are these people testifying against you?” 61 But he was silent and did not reply anything. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?” 62 And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power[f] and coming with the clouds of heaven.” 63 And the high priest tore his clothes and[g] said, “What further need do we have of witnesses? 64 You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?”[h] And they all condemned him as deserving death.[i] 65 And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him with their fists, and to say to him “Prophesy!” And the officers received him with slaps in the face.[j]
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- Mark 14:55 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Mark 14:56 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Mark 14:57 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stood up”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 14:57 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to give false testimony”)
- Mark 14:60 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stood up”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 14:62 An indirect way of referring to God
- Mark 14:63 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“tore”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 14:64 Literally “does it seem to you”
- Mark 14:64 Literally “to be deserving of death”
- Mark 14:65 Or “with blows” (either meaning is possible here)
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