Mark 14:61
in Mark 14But Jesus remained silent and made no reply. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and saith unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
KJV
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
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This verse in Mark 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseIf you will not learn Who Christ is from those that know Him, learn it at least from those that know Him not. So shall the confession, which their ignorance is forced to make, rebuke your blasphemy. The Jews did not recognise Christ, come in the body, though they knew that the true Christ must be the Son of God. And so, when they were employing false witnesses, without one word of truth in their testimony, against Him, their priest asked Him, Art Thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
This site's exposition
answerest thou nothing
on Mark 14:60-62
Answerest thou nothing, the high priest asks, standing up in the midst after the false witnesses had failed to agree, what is it which these witness against thee, and Jesus held his peace, fulfilling Isaiah 53:7's silent lamb. Pressed again directly, art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed, Jesus answers without qualification, I am, joining the divine name to a claim that he will sit on the right hand of power and come in the clouds of heaven, weaving together Daniel 7:13 and Psalm 110:1 into a single answer. The high priest treats the claim as blasphemy worthy of death, and the church has read this exchange ever since as Jesus' own clearest self-testimony to full deity, offered at the one moment it would cost him everything to say it.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Of the Blessed? - Θεου του ευλογητου, Or, of God the blessed one. Θεου, is added here by AK, ten others, Vulgate, and one of the Itala. It might be introduced into the text, put in Italics, if the authority of the MSS. and versions be not deemed sufficient. It appears necessary for the better understanding of the text. The adjective, however, conveys a good sense by itself, and is according to a frequent Hebrew form of speech.
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
on Mark 14:53-65
Solomon tells us in the book of Ecclesiastes, that one evil he has seen under the sun, is when "folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place." (Eccles. 10:6.) We can imagine no more complete illustration of his words than the state of things we have recorded in the passage before us. We see the Son of God, "in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge," arraigned as a malefactor before "the chief priests, and elders, and scribes."
The words behind it
23 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| δὲ | de | But | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| ἐσιώπα | esiopa | He was silent | G4623 → | 10 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → | 1664 times |
| ἀπεκρίνατο | apekrinato | did He answer | G611 → | 231 times |
| οὐδέν. | ouden | no [thing]. | G3762 → | 232 times |
| πάλιν | palin | Again | G3825 → | 139 times |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἀρχιερεὺς | archiereus | high priest | G749 → | 122 times |
| ἐπηρώτα | eperota | was questioning | G1905 → | 56 times |
| αὐτὸν | auton | Him | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| λέγει | legei | he says | G3004 → | 1325 times |
| αὐτῷ· | auto | to Him; | G846 → | 5565 times |
| σὺ | su | You yourself | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| εἶ | ei | are | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| χριστὸς | christos | Christ | G5547 → | 523 times |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| υἱὸς | huios | Son | G5207 → | 377 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| εὐλογητοῦ; | eulogetou | Blessed [One]? | G2128 → |
ὁ<the>
hoG3588 →19766 times
δὲBut
deG1161 →2765 times
ἐσιώπαHe was silent
esiopaG4623 →10 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
οὐκnot
oukG3756 →1664 times
ἀπεκρίνατοdid He answer
apekrinatoG611 →231 times
οὐδέν.no [thing].
oudenG3762 →232 times
πάλινAgain
palinG3825 →139 times
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
ἀρχιερεὺςhigh priest
archiereusG749 →122 times
ἐπηρώταwas questioning
eperotaG1905 →56 times
αὐτὸνHim
autonG846 →5565 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
λέγειhe says
legeiG3004 →1325 times
αὐτῷ·to Him;
autoG846 →5565 times
σὺYou yourself
suG4771 →2973 times
εἶare
eiG1510 →2333 times
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
χριστὸςChrist
christosG5547 →523 times
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
υἱὸςSon
huiosG5207 →377 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
εὐλογητοῦ;Blessed [One]?
eulogetouG2128 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not…
it leads to
- Acts 8:32–33
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- Matthew 26:63
But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
- 1 Peter 2:23
When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
- John 19:9
and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.
- Matthew 27:12–14
And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.
- Acts 8:32–33
Through
John 19:7“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
it 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…
- 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.
- Matthew 26:63–66
But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
- Leviticus 24:16
Where this verse is studied
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On this verse
On this chapter
- The Son of Man in 1 Enoch
- Abba, Father
- The Major Prophets
- Gethsemane (The Garden Called the Oil Press)
- Jesus on the Father
- Jesus: Titles & Roles
- Mary Magdalene: the Witness at the Tomb
- The Messianic Secret: Mark
- Passover
- Peter's Denial: Matthew 26 · Mark 14 · Luke 22 · John 18
- Scribes and the Sanhedrin
- The Son of Man: Daniel 7:13-14
- The Ransom: Mark 10:45
- The Right Hand
- The Tree
About Mark

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Hilary of Poitiers, ON THE TRINITY 6.50; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Calvin, Commentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists.
