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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:64

Thou hast said - That is, I am the Christ, the promised Messiah, (see on Matthew 26:25 ; (note)); and you and this whole nation shall shortly have the fullest proof of it: for hereafter, in a few years, ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, fully invested with absolute dominion, and coming in the clouds of heaven, to execute judgment upon this wicked race. See Matthew 24:30 . Our Lord appears to refer to Daniel 7:13 ; : One like the Son of man came with the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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. 2 Kings 18:37 ; 2 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:66

He is guilty of death - Ενοχος θανατου εστι , he is liable to death. All the forms of justice are here violated. The judge becomes a party and accuser, and proceeds to the verdict without examining whether all the prophecies concerning the Messiah, and the innumerable miracles which he wrought, did not justify him. Examination and proof are the ruin of all calumnies, and of the authors of them, and therefore they take care to keep off from these two things. See Quesnel. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:62

Verse 62 Matthew 26:62.And the high priest, rising up. It is certain that Christ was silent when false witnesses pressed hard upon him, not only because they did not deserve a reply, but because he did not seek to be now acquitted, knowing that his hour was come. But Caiaphas triumphs over him on account of his silence, as if he was struck dumb by being vanquished; which is usually the case with men who are conscious of having done wrong. But it is an instance of extreme wickedness that he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:63

Verse 63 63.I adjure thee by the living God. The high priest thought that this alone was a crime sufficient to condemn Christ, if he professed that he was the Christ. But since they all boasted of expecting redemption from Christ, he ought first to have inquired if such was the fact. That there would be a Christ, by whose hands the people were to be delivered, they would not have ventured to deny. Jesus came publicly forward, bearing the title of the Christ. Why do they not consider the fact... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:64

Verse 64 64.Thou hast said it. Luke inserts another reply, by which Christ reproves the malice of the priests, in not inquiring with a desire to know. If I tell you, says he, you will not believe: by which words he means, that though he were to prove to them a hundred times that he was the Christ, it would be of no avail with obstinate men. For they had not only heard, but had beheld with their eyes miracles, which, though Christ had been silent, would have confirmed his heavenly and divine... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:65

Verse 65 65.Then the high priest rent his garments. By this we see how little advantage was derived by wicked men from the miracles by which Christ had proved his Divinity. But we need not wonder, that under the mean garb of a servant, the Son of God was despised by those who were unmoved by any anxiety about the promised salvation. For if they had not entirely laid aside every pious feeling, their deplorable condition ought to have led them to look anxiously for the Redeemer; but when they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:57-68

Jesus before Caiaphas, informally condemned to death. ( Mark 14:53-65 ; Luke 22:54 , Luke 22:63-65 ; John 18:24 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:57-68

Christ before Caiaphas. The key to the examination of our Lord by Caiaphas is found in the fact that Caiaphas was the person who had declared it to be expedient that one man should die for the people. This, reduced from the high-sounding phraseology of an abstract maxim to its practical significance as a policy, meant that justice to individuals must not be too scrupulously cared for if the good of the state seems to require injustice; that at any cost of injustice to an individual the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:57-68

The demoralized council. The tribunal before which Jesus was arraigned was composed of "all the chief priests," with the high priest at their head, and all the "elders and scribes." It was the Sanhedrin, by the Jews claimed to have originated in the time of Moses, and by learned critics acknowledged to have been at least as ancient as the time of Jonathan Maccabaeus. Once a venerable judicial assembly, it had now degenerated into a cabal. I. ITS COUNCILORS ARE MURDERERS . 1 .... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:64

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:65

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:66

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:62

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:63

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:64

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:65

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:57-68

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:57-68

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 26:57-68

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