Verses 57-68:
.57But the (people)
having strongly-held Jesus led (him)
away towards Caiaphas the chief-priest where the scribes and the elders were
gathered-together.
.58But Peter used-to-follow him from a distance
until the uncovered-area of the chief-priest and having gone inside he used-to
sit-down with the assistants to see the completion.
.59But the chief-priests and the whole council
used-to seek-after lying-witness against Jesus so-that they may put him
to-death .60and they did not find, many lying-witnesses having
come-towards (them). But afterwards
two having come-towards (them) .61said,
“This-person said, ‘I am able to disunite the interior-temple of God and by
means of three days to build.’” .62And the chief-priest having
stood-up said to him, “Do you answer nothing? What do these-people
witness-against you?”
.63But Jesus used-to be-silent. And the chief-priest
said to him, “I adjure you down-on God, the living (God), in order that you may say to us if you are the
Christ the son of God!” .64Jesus says to him, “You said;
besides I say to you, from now you will see ‘the son of man sitting-down
out-from (the) right-sides’ of the
ability and ‘coming on the clouds of heaven.’” .65Then the
chief-priest throughly-tore his outer-garments saying, “He blasphemed; why yet
do we have need of witnesses? Here now you heard the blasphemy; .66what
is considered by you?” And the (people)
having answered said, “He is liable of death.”
.67Then they spit into his face and buffeted him,
and the (people) rapped (him) .68saying, “You
must prophesy to us, Christ, who is the (person)
having hit you?”
Those who strongly-held Jesus led (directed, conducted, conveyed) him away towards Caiaphas the chief/high priest where the scribes and the elders were gathered-together (assembled).
We should understand that not everything that Jesus said or did is recorded in Matthew (or Mark, or Luke, or John) and in John we get more details telling us that they first took Jesus to Annas the former chief-priest and a little later Annas sent him to Caiaphas his son-in-law living in a different area of the same palace (refer to John 18:13, 14, and 24). These events would have taken time and were all happening during the evening and nighttime of 13th Nisan and then approaching the morning of 13th Nisan.
But Peter was following Jesus from a distance (a long way away, from afar) until the uncovered-area of the chief-priest (refer to verse 3 above) and he went inside and was sitting down with the assistants (attendants, those who served by attending in subservience to Caiaphas’ will) to see the completion (to perceive, know the ending-issue of what would happen to Jesus).
The chief-priests and the whole council (the Sanhedrin, the entire supreme council of the Judean/Israeli nation composed of 70 members, besides the chief/high priest(s), which were selected from former chief/high priests and the heads of the 24 courses of priests)…
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were continuing to seek-after lying-witness against Jesus (to look for
false testimony, the substance being lying information, the action of bearing
false witness, false knowledge regarding that-which is attested to, in this
case they wanted it against Jesus)
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in such a manner that they would put him to death (cause him to die by
others)
…and they did not find what they needed after a lot of false witnesses had come towards them giving their own testimonies, but the content of the witness given varied from each other. They needed two people to give the same testimony. After all those things happened two witnesses came towards them and said, “This-person said (brought to light by saying)…
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‘I am able to disunite the interior-temple of God (I am capable, I
have the ability, the able-power to disintegrate, dissolve, dismember, loosen
down the parts one from another of the innermost part of God’s temple)
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and by means of three days to build (within an interval of 3 days to
build it back up again).’”
o [Prior to the time when
Jesus accomplished salvation, the ‘interior-temple’ usually referred to the
innermost-part of God's temple, the most sacred area within the temple in
Jerusalem, where the only true God's presence was manifested-forth, called the
"Holy of Holies." However, refer to John 2:19-22.]
The chief-priest stood-up from sitting in judgment and said to Jesus, “Do you answer nothing (do you reply by saying nothing, are you not judicially replying to this by not speaking anything in response to what these two witnesses have said)? What do these-people witness against you (give an explanation of what these two attest against you, what they bear witness against you, attesting to the information and knowledge that they have and confirm on the strength of their own authority against you)?”
Mark 14:59 tells us that even the information regarding the same subject given by these two witnesses were not equal either. Jesus continued to be silent (quiet, he didn’t speak). And the chief-priest said to him…
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“I adjure you down-on God, the living God, (I intensely put you under
this oath of extraction, exorcise, cause you to be under the obligation of this
oath, as forcing you to put your hand down under my thigh thereby sealing the
oath to give-out from yourself what I tell you, by/with all the ability and
authoritative-power of the God Who is being alive)
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for the purpose and result that you would say to us if emphatically
you presently and actively are the Christ (Messiah, Anointed-one) the son of
God!”
An oath was used to prove something as being undeniable, like a fence that fences in what is spoken, a confinement, restraint or enclosure of a promise or declaration regarding what you will do or what is true, etc. Here Caiaphas was using his position being the chief-priest of Israel and the name of the living God, Who is Jesus’ Father, and so Jesus replies to this. Jesus says to him…
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“Emphatically you said (I confirm that what you yourself said is
correct and true);
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besides (moreover, more/other than that) I say to you (all of you
here), from now you will see ‘the son of man (away from this moment you will
see the son of man, because the son of man will present himself to be perceived
with your eyes and known by you)
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sitting-down out-from the right-sides’ of the ability (sitting down in
the judgment seat at the right-hand side of the only true able-power, referring
to God’s ability) and ‘coming on the clouds of heaven’ (he will be coming on
particular and distinct clouds of heaven from above the earth, not the
indefinite cloudy masses that we see in the sky from time to time but specific
clouds).”
When Jesus spoke this, those in the room were sitting in judgment of him who is the son of man – but he told them that in the future he will be doing the judging and they will see him, which refers here to the time when they will be resurrected and receive their right/just sentence for their actions.
Then the chief-priest throughly-tore his outer-garments…. He rent his outer garments asunder, in pieces, to demonstrate outwardly his inner anguish and grief at what was happening. These outer-garments refer to the mantles worn around the neck and/or the border of the robe which were a sign of his religious position and authority which the people who taught God's Word normally wore at that time. It was customary to wear these outer-garments to indicate to others that what they were doing and saying was in accordance with God (this, of course, was abused by some!).
The chief-priest throughly-tore his outer-garments saying, “He blasphemed (he spoke evilly, treated with lack of Godly reverential-respect, calumniated); why yet do we have need of witnesses (what additional necessity do we have of witnesses as though we lacked what we need for our use)? Here now at this present time you (all of you) heard the blasphemy; what is considered by you (what do you suppose)?”
And the people assembled there answering him said, “He is liable of death (he is held-in, made-subject to death which is the consequence of his blasphemy).” Then they spit into his face and buffeted Jesus (they struck him with clenched fists, knocked him about and roughly treated him with blows rained on him bruising and hurting him), and these ‘religious leaders’ rapped him (struck him with a quick sharp blow) saying, “You must prophesy to us, Christ (Messiah, Anointed-one), who is the person having hit you (who struck you)?”
To prophesy is to speak forth God's words being revealed to the one prophesying concerning the past, present or future, and here they demanded that Jesus prophesy about who had already hit him while his face was covered and he could not physically see his assailants.
[Reference: Genesis 24:3; Leviticus 10:6, 21:10; Deuteronomy 19:15; Psalm 110:1; Daniel 7:13; Isaiah 50:6 and chapter 53; Matthew 16:16 and 27, 24:30; Mark 14:53-65; Luke 22:54 and 63-65; John 2:19-21, 8:17, 18:13-24; Acts 6:14.]
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