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26:60 b Dt 19:15
26:61 c Jn 2:19
26:63 d Mt 27:12, 14
e Lev 5:1 f Mt 16:16
26:64 g Ps 110:1
h Da 7:13; Rev 1:7
26:65 i Mk 14:63
26:66 j Lev 24:16;
Jn 19:7
26:67 k Mt 16:21;
27:30
26:68 l Lk 22:63‑65
26:75 m ver 34;
Jn 13:38
27:1 n Mt 12:14;
Mk 15:1; Lk 22:66
27:2 o Mt 20:19
p Mk 15:1; Lk 13:1;
Ac 3:13; 1Ti 6:13
27:3 q Mt 10:4
r Mt 26:14, 15
27:4 s ver 24
27:5 t Lk 1:9, 21
u Ac 1:18
Finally two b came forward 61 and declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the
temple of God and rebuild it in t hree days.’ ” c
62 Then the high p
riest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What
is this testimony that t hese men are bringing a
gainst you?” 63 But Jesus remained silent. d
The high p
riest said to him, “I c harge you under oath e by the living God: f Tell us if you
are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
64 “You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see
the Son of Man sitting at the r ight hand of the M
ighty One g and coming on the c louds of
heaven.” a h
65 Then the high priest tore his clothes i and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we
need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. 66 What do you t hink?”
“He is worthy of death,” j they answered.
67 Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. k Others slapped him 68 and
said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?” l
Peter Disowns Jesus
26:69-75pp — Mk 14:66-72; Lk 22:55-62; Jn 18:16-18,25-27
69 Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. “You also
were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.
70 But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking a
bout,” he said.
71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the
people there, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
72 He denied it a
gain, with an oath: “I don’t know the man!”
73 After a little while, those standing t here went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one
of them; your accent g
ives you away.”
74 Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!”
Immediately a rooster crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken:
“Before the rooster c rows, you will disown me three t imes.” m And he went outside and
wept bitterly.
Judas Hangs Himself
27
Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their
plans how to have Jesus executed. n 2 So they bound him, led him away and handed
him over o to Pilate the governor. p
3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, q saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized
with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver r to the chief priests and the elders.
4 “I have s inned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.” s
5 So Judas threw the money into the temple t and left. Then he went away and hanged
himself. u
a 64
See Psalm 110:1; Daniel 7:13.
26:61 I am able to destroy the temple of God
and rebuild it in three days. Sounds like a dis-
torted version of John 2:19.
26:63 remained silent. Jesus’ silence reflects
his unwillingness to defend himself because
he knows his mission is to die. Messiah. See
note on 1:1. Son of God. See note on 14:33.
26:64 You have said so. Under oath, Jesus
has to reply, and he uses the same veiled
affirmative as in v. 25. He may also be sug-
gesting that this is Caiaphas’s way of phras-
ing things, but Jesus prefers to call himself
the “Son of Man sitting at [God’s] right hand.”
coming on the clouds of heaven. Recalls Dan
7:13. Jesus is more than an earthly Messiah,
and he will be an ascended and then return-
ing Lord.
26:65 tore his clothes. Represents extreme
sorrow at what was perceived as blasphemy.
blasphemy. In pre-70 Judaism it included
not merely pronouncing the divine Name,
as was also true later, but also a variety of
statements or actions that transgressed a
perceived boundary between humanity and
deity. For Jesus to associate himself with
Daniel’s heavenly son of man could have been
seen as blasphemy by those who rejected
Jesus’ claim.
26:66 worthy of death. Blasphemy was a
capital offense in ancient Judaism.
26:67 – 68 The soldiers mock Jesus’ reputa-
tion. For them he isn’t even a prophet (see
note on 13:57), much less the Messiah.
26:69 – 75 Despite his earlier protestation
(vv. 33), Peter disowns Jesus. The contrast be-
tween Peter’s and Jesus’ behavior is striking.
Jesus gives a true confession of his identity,
even though it costs him his life. Peter denies
even knowing Jesus, eventually doing so with
a self-condemning oath (v. 74), with only two
servant girls and some unspecified bystand-
ers listening.
26:73 your accent. When speaking Aramaic
Galileans had a different accent than Judeans
had.
26:75 Before the rooster crows. Recalls v. 34.
Peter remembers his vain boasting and weeps
bitterly.
continues to allow the events to unfold that
will culminate in his death and burial.
27:1 – 10 If Judas had any thought that his
actions might provoke Jesus finally to rebel
against Rome, the outcome of the night’s
events proved otherwise (vv. 1 – 2). Horrified,
Judas tries to undo his deed, but he fails. No
doubt in great emotional turmoil, he com-
mits suicide (vv. 3 – 10).
27:1 made their plans how to have Jesus ex-
ecuted. Suggests a final wrap-up to the trial
after daybreak, creating an aura of legality
( see note on 26:57 – 68).
27:2 Pilate. Pontius Pilate, the Roman gover-
nor of Judea from AD 26 to 36. Jewish authori-
ties must involve him because under Rome
they had lost the right to execute their own
condemned (John 18:31).
27:3 seized with remorse. Greek metamelo-
mai, not the standard word for repenting.
Judas recognizes his horrible mistake but
cannot undo the consequences of his ac-
tions. The only option he can countenance is
hanging himself in despair. See note on Acts
27:1 – 66 Judas takes his own life while Jesus 1:18 – 19.