Matthew 26:65 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 26:65

At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

BSB

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ASV

Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy:

KJV

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Then the high priest rent his clothes,.... Both his outer and inner garments. This he did, to show his zeal for the honour and glory of God, his grief and concern at the profanation of his holy name by a false oath, and his abhorrence of, and indignation at the blasphemy he supposed Christ to be guilty of, in asserting himself to be the Son of God.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Then the high priest rent his clothes - Though the high priest was forbidden to rend his clothes (that is, his upper garment) in some cases where others were allowed to do it, Lev. xxi, 10; yet in case of blasphemy or any public calamity, it was thought allowable.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

We read, in these verses, how our Lord Jesus Christ was brought before Caiaphas, the high priest, and solemnly pronounced guilty. It was fitting that it should be so. The great day of atonement was come: the wondrous type of the scapegoat was about to be completely fulfilled. It was only suitable that the Jewish high priest should do his part, and declare sin to be upon the head of the victim, before he was led forth to be crucified ( Leviticus 16:21 ). May we ponder these things and understand them.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἀρχιερεὺς	archiereus	high priest	G749 →
διέρρηξεν	dierrēxen	tears	G1284 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἱμάτια	himatia	garments	G2440 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
λέγων	legōn	saying	G3004 →
ἐβλασφήμησεν·	eblasphēmēsen	He has blasphemed;	G987 →
τί	ti	why	G5101 →
ἔτι	eti	any more	G2089 →
χρείαν	chreian	need	G5532 →
ἔχομεν	echomen	have we	G2192 →
μαρτύρων;	marturōn	of witnesses?	G3144 →
ἴδε	ide	Behold	G2396 →
νῦν	nun	now	G3568 →
ἠκούσατε	ēkousate	you have heard	G191 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
βλασφημίαν	blasphēmian	blasphemy	G988 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 10:33
“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”
leads to
- Leviticus 24:16
  Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 5:18
  Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
- John 10:30
  I and the Father are one.”
Through
Jeremiah 36:24
Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
leads to
- Jeremiah 36:16
  When they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”
- Psalms 36:1
  An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Through
Matthew 9:3
On seeing this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!”
leads to
- Luke 5:21
  But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Through
Numbers 14:6
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
leads to
- Numbers 13:30
  Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
- Numbers 14:30
  Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.