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Mark 14:61-62

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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 
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[14:61]  1 tn Grk “questioned him and said to him.”

[14:61]  2 tn Or “the Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[14:62]  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.

[14:62]  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.

[14:62]  5 sn An allusion to Dan 7:13.



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