Matthew 26:63-65
1599 Geneva Bible
63 But Jesus held his peace. Then the chief Priest answered, and said to him, I charge thee swear unto us by the living God, to tell us, If thou be that Christ the son of God, or no.
64 (A)Jesus said to him, Thou hast said it: nevertheless I say unto you, [a]Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man, sitting [b]at the right hand of the power of God, and come in the [c]clouds of the heaven.
65 Then the high Priest [d]rent his clothes, saying, He hath blasphemed, what have we any more need of witnesses: behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
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- Matthew 26:64 This word distinguisheth his first coming from the latter.
- Matthew 26:64 Sitting with God in like and equal honor at the right hand of his power, that is, in greatest power: for the right hand signifieth among the Hebrews, that that is mighty and of great power.
- Matthew 26:64 Clouds of heaven, see also Matt. 24:30.
- Matthew 26:65 This was an usual matter among the Jews: for so were they bound to do, when they heard any Israelite to blaspheme God, and it was a tradition of their Talmud in the book of the Magistrates, in the title, of the four kinds of death.
Matthew 26:63-65
New King James Version
63 But (A)Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, (B)“I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!”
64 Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, (C)hereafter you will see the Son of Man (D)sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
65 (E)Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His (F)blasphemy!
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Matthew 26:63-65
English Standard Version
63 (A)But Jesus remained silent. (B)And the high priest said to him, (C)“I adjure you by (D)the living God, (E)tell us if you are (F)the Christ, (G)the Son of God.” 64 Jesus said to him, (H)“You have said so. But I tell you, from now on (I)you will see the Son of Man (J)seated at the right hand of Power and (K)coming on the clouds of heaven.” 65 Then the high priest (L)tore his robes and said, (M)“He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.
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