Matthew 26:65

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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?”

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Adam Clarke

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Matthew 26:65

The high priest rent his clothes - This rending of the high priest' s garments was expressly contrary to the law, Leviticus 10:6 : Leviticus 21:10. But it was a common method of expressing violent grief, Genesis 37:29, Genesis 37:34; Job 1:20, and horror at what was deemed blasphemous or impious. II Kings 18:37; II Kings 19:1; Acts 14:14. All that heard a blasphemous speech were obliged to rend their clothes, and never to sew them up again. See Lightfoot.

He hath spoken blasphemy - Quesnel' s note on this is worthy of notice. "See here a false zeal, a mask of religion, and a passionate and seditious way of proceeding, tending only to incense and stir up others, all which are common to those who would oppress truth by cabal, and without proof. By crying out, ' heresy, blasphemy, and faction,' though contrary to all appearance, men fail not to stir up those in power, to gain the simple, to give some shadow of authority to the ill-disposed, to cast devout but ignorant people into scruples, and thereby to advance the mystery of iniquity, which is the mystery of all ages." This was the very plan his Catholic brethren adopted in this country, in the reign of Queen Mary, called the bloody queen, because of the many murders of righteous men which she sanctioned at the mouth of her Catholic priesthood.

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