MARK 14:61 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”
But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One? — the silence to the first question is replaced by the direct answer to the direct question. The Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One is the highest claim the high priest can put to Jesus — combining the royal-messianic title with the divine-filial title. The high priest is asking the question whose answer he has already decided to treat as blasphemy.
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