John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 14:55
And the chief priests, and all the council ,.... Especially the former, who were of all most busy and active in this matter: sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death ; on which they were determined, right or wrong; in this they went contrary to one of their own canons, which runs thus F11 Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 4. sect. 1. : "in pecuniary causes, they begin either for absolution, or condemnation; but in capital causes, they begin for absolution, and do not begin for... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 14:53-65
We have here Christ's arraignment, trial, conviction, and condemnation, in the ecclesiastical court, before the great sanhedrim, of which the high priest was president, or judge of the court; the same Caiaphas that had lately adjudged it expedient he should be put to death, guilty or not guilty (John 11:50), and who therefore might justly be excepted against as partial. I. Christ is hurried away to his house, his palace it is called, such state did he live in. And there, though, in the dead of... read more