Mark 14:60

60 And the highest priest rose up into the middle, and asked Jesus, and said [+And the highest priest rising up into the midst, asked Jesus, saying], Answerest thou nothing to those things that be put against thee of these [men]?

Mark 14:60 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:60

And the high priest stood up in the midst
Of the sanhedrim, of which he was now president: he sat at the head of them, and Ab Beth Din, or the father of the council, at his right hand; and the rest of the council sat before him, in a semicircular form, as the half of a round corn floor, so that the president, and the father of the council, could see them ^F14; for they were all before him, he being situated in the middle, right against them; so that when he stood up, he might be said to stand in the midst of them:

and asked Jesus, saying, answerest thou nothing?
For he had made no reply to the several witnesses, that came against him:

what is it which these witness against thee?
Is it true, or false? (See Gill on Matthew 26:62).

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 4. sect. 3. Maimon. Hiltch. Sanhedrin, c. 1. sect. 3.

Mark 14:60 In-Context

58 For we heard him saying [say], I shall undo this temple made with hands, and after the third day [and by the third day] I shall build another not made with hands.

59 And the witnessing of them was not suitable. [And the witnessing of them was not covenable.]

60 And the highest priest rose up into the middle, and asked Jesus, and said [+And the highest priest rising up into the midst, asked Jesus, saying], Answerest thou nothing to those things that be put against thee of these [men]?

61 But he was still, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him [Again the highest priest asked him], and said to him, Art thou Christ, the Son of the blessed God?

62 And Jesus said to him, I am; and ye shall see man's Son sitting on the right half of the virtue of God, and coming in the clouds of heaven.