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61 and said, “This fellow said, a‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”  
62 aAnd the high priest arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?”  
63 But aJesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, b“I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!”  
64 Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, ahereafter you will see the Son of Man bsitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”  
65 aThen the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His bblasphemy!  
66 What do you think?” They answered and said, a“He is deserving of death.”  
67 aThen they spat in His face and beat Him; and bothers struck Him with the palms of their hands,  
68 saying, a“Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who struck You?”  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Matthew 26:63

I adjure thee by the living God - I put thee to thy oath. To this solemn adjuration Christ immediately replies, because he is now called on, in the name of God, to bear another testimony to the truth. The authority of God in the most worthless magistrate should be properly respected. However necessary our Lord saw it to be silent, when the accusations were frivolous, and the evidence contradictory, he felt no disposition to continue this silence, when questioned concerning a truth, for which he came into the world to shed his blood.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 26:63:

Matthew 27:40
Mark 1:1
Luke 22:70

 

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