65 Then the high priest tore his robes, saying, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, you have just now heard the blasphemy! 66 What do you think?” And they answered and[a] said, “He deserves death!”[b] 67 Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists, and they slapped him,[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:66 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Matthew 26:66 Literally “he is deserving of death”
  3. Matthew 26:67 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation