Matthew 26:58-68

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26:58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After¹ going in, he sat with the guards² to see the outcome. 26:59 The³ chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death. 26:60 But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally⁴ two came forward 26:61 and declared, “This man⁵ said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’” 26:62 So⁶ the high priest stood up and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?” 26:63 But Jesus was silent. The⁷ high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ,⁸ the Son of God.” 26:64 Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand⁹ of the Power¹⁰ and coming on the clouds of heaven.”¹¹ 26:65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared,¹² “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now¹³ you have heard the blasphemy! 26:66 What is your verdict?”¹⁴ They¹⁵ answered, “He is guilty and deserves¹⁶ death.” 26:67 Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him, 26:68 saying, “Prophesy for us, you Christ!¹⁷ Who hit you?”¹⁸

Mark 14:54

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14:54 And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest’s courtyard. He¹⁹ was sitting with the guards²⁰ and warming himself by the fire.

Luke 22:54

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Jesus’ Condemnation and Peter’s Denials

22:54 Then²¹ they arrested²² Jesus,²³ led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house.²⁴ But Peter was following at a distance.

[26:58] ¹tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:58] ²sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.

[26:59] ³tn Grk “Now the.” Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:60] ⁴tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:61] ⁵tn Grk “This one.”

[26:62] ⁶tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the false testimony.

[26:63] ⁷tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:63] ⁸tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[26:64] ⁹sn 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.

[26:64] ¹⁰sn 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.

[26:64] ¹¹sn An allusion to Dan 7:13 (see also Matt 24:30).

[26:65] ¹²tn Grk “the high priest tore his clothes, saying.”

[26:65] ¹³tn 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).

[26:66] ¹⁴tn Grk “What do you think?”

[26:66] ¹⁵tn Grk “answering, they said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:66] ¹⁶tn Grk “he is guilty of death.” L&N 88.313 states, “pertaining to being guilty and thus deserving some particular penalty – ‘guilty and deserving, guilty and punishable by.’ οἱ δὲ ἀποκριθέντες εἶπαν, ᾿Ενοχος θανάτου ἐστίν ‘they answered, He is guilty and deserves death’ Mt 26:66.”

[26:68] ¹⁷tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

[26:68] ¹⁸tn Grk “Who is the one who hit you?”

[14:54] ¹⁹tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[14:54] ²⁰sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.

[22:54] ²¹tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[22:54] ²²tn Or “seized” (L&N 37.109).

[22:54] ²³tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:54] ²⁴sn Putting all the gospel accounts together, there is a brief encounter with Annas (brought him into the high priest’s house, here and John 18:13, where Annas is named); the meeting led by Caiaphas (Matt 26:57-68 = Mark 14:53-65; and then a Sanhedrin meeting (Matt 27:1; Mark 15:1; Luke 22:66-71). These latter two meetings might be connected and apparently went into the morning.