Mark 14:61-66

14:61 But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, ¹  “Are you the Christ, ²  the Son of the Blessed One?” 14:62 “I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand ³  of the Power ⁴  and coming with the clouds of heaven.” ⁵  14:63 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses? 14:64 You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?” ⁶  They all condemned him as deserving death. 14:65 Then ⁷  some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, “Prophesy!” The guards also took him and beat ⁸  him.

Peter’s Denials

14:66 Now ⁹  while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls ¹⁰  came by.

¹ tn Grk “questioned him and said to him.”

² tn Or “the Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

³ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.

⁴ sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.

⁵ sn An allusion to Dan 7:13.

⁶ tn Grk “What do you think?”

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁸ tn For the translation of ῥάπισμα (rJapisma), see L&N 19.4.

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

¹⁰ tn The Greek term here is παιδίσκη (paidiskh), referring to a slave girl or slave woman.