Mark 14:51-65

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 14:43-52

We have here the seizing of our Lord Jesus by the officers of the chief priests. This was what his enemies had long aimed at, they had often sent to take him; but he had escaped out of their hands, because his hour was not come, nor could they now have taken him, had he not freely surrendered himself. He began first to suffer in his soul, but afterward suffered in his body, that he might satisfy for sin, which begins in the heart, but afterwards makes the members of the body instruments of... read more

Matthew Henry

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

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 14:51-52

14:51-52 And a certain young man was following him, clothed in a linen sheet over his naked body. And they tried to seize him, but he left the linen sheet and escaped naked. These are two strange and fascinating verses. At first sight they seem completely irrelevant. They seem to add nothing to the narrative and yet there must be some reason for them being there. We saw in the introduction that Matthew and Luke used Mark as the basis of their work and that they include in their gospels... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 14:53

14:53,55-65 They took Jesus away to the High Priest, and all the chief priests and experts in the law and elders assembled with him.... The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find some evidence against Jesus, in order to put him to death, and they could not find any, for there were many who bore false witness against him, but their evidence did not agree. Some stood up and bore false witness against him. "We heard him saying," they said, "'I will destroy this Temple made... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 14:54

14:54,66-72 And Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the High Priest's house, and he was sitting there with the servants, warming himself at the fire.... When Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the maidservants of the High Priest came up, and when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him. "You, too," she said, "were with the Nazarene, with Jesus." He denied it. "I do not know," he said, "or understand what you are saying." He went out into the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 14:51

And there followed him a certain young man ,.... Some think this was John, the beloved disciple, and the youngest of the disciples; others, that it was James, the brother of our Lord; but he does not seem to be any of the disciples of Christ, since he is manifestly distinguished from them, who all forsook him and fled: some have thought, that he was a young man of the house, where Christ and his disciples ate their passover; who had followed him to the garden, and still followed him, to see... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 14:52

And he left the linen cloth ,.... "In their hands", so the Persic version renders it; just as Joseph left his garment in the hands of his mistress, Genesis 39:12 ; and fled from them naked ; to the house from whence he came. The Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, leave out the words "from them". read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 14:53

And they led Jesus away to the high priest ,.... Caiaphas, as is added in the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions. This was done, after they had took Jesus and bound, him, and after they had had him to Annas, who sent him bound to Caiaphas; see John 18:12 ; and with him , the high priest Caiaphas, were assembled all the chief priests, and the elders, and the Scribes ; even the whole sanhedrim, who met at Caiaphas's house, and were waiting there for Jesus; whom Judas with his band... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 14:54

And Peter followed him afar off ,.... And did another disciple, perhaps John; John 18:15 , who having somewhat recovered themselves from their fright, turned back, and followed Jesus, and the company that led him away; keeping at some distance, that they might not be observed, and exposed to danger; and proceeded till they came to Jerusalem, and to the place where the sanhedrim were convened; and the other disciple went in along with Jesus; and Peter afterwards, by his means, got in: ... read more

John Gill

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

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