Matthew 26:57-58

Condemned by the Sanhedrin

26:57 Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house ¹  the experts in the law ²  and the elders had gathered. 26:58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After ³  going in, he sat with the guards ⁴  to see the outcome.

Matthew 26:63

26:63 But Jesus was silent. The ⁵  high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, ⁶  the Son of God.”

Matthew 26:65

26:65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, ⁷  “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now ⁸  you have heard the blasphemy!

[26:57]  ¹ tn Grk “where.”

[26:57]  ² tn Or “where the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[26:58]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:58]  ⁴ sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.

[26:63]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:63]  ⁶ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[26:65]  ⁷ tn Grk “the high priest tore his clothes, saying.”

[26:65]  ⁸ tn Grk “Behold now.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).