Mark 14:63

63 And the high priest tore his clothes [and] said, "What further need do we have of witnesses?

Mark 14:63 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:63

Then the high priest rent his clothes
As was usual upon hearing blasphemy; which he now supposed the case, or at least would have it so thought:

and saith, what need we any further witnesses?
or trouble ourselves to see for any more, or to hear and take the depositions of any others; (See Gill on Matthew 26:65).

Mark 14:63 In-Context

61 But he was silent and did not reply anything. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

62 And Jesus said, "I am, and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

63 And the high priest tore his clothes [and] said, "What further need do we have of witnesses?

64 You have heard the blasphemy! What {do you think}?" And they all condemned him {as deserving death}.

65 And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him with their fists, and to say to him "Prophesy!" And the officers received him with slaps in the face.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("tore") has been translated as a finite verb