Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Matthew 26:65
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard His blasphemy.
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard His blasphemy.
Verse 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 v...
THEN THE HIGH PRIEST RENT HIS CLOTHES - The Jews were accustomed to rend their clothes as a token of grief. This was done often as a matter of form, and consisted in tearing a particular part of the g...
13. THE PASSION OF THE KING. Chapter s 26-27. CHAPTER 26 1. His Death Planned. (Matthew 26:1 .) 2. Mary of Bethany Anointing the King.(Matthew 26:6 .) 3. The Betrayal. (Matthew 26:14 .) 4. The Last...
THE TRIAL BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (Mark 14:53 *; see also Luke 22:54 f., Luke 22:66). There are no striking divergences from Mk.'s narrative. Ma
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY (Matthew 26:1-5)...
CLOTHES. robe....
_rent his clothes_ This act was enjoined by the Rabbinical rules. When the charge of blasphemy was proved "the judges standing on their feet rend their garments, and do not sew them up again." _Clothe...
Jesus is brought before Caiaphas. The first and informal Meeting of the Sanhedrin St Mark 14:53-65; St Luke 22:54; Luke 22:63-65 St Luke reports this first irregular trial with less detail than the...
ΔΙΈΡΡΗΞΕΝ. This act was enjoined by the Rabbinical rules. When the charge of blasphemy was proved ‘the judges standing on their feet rend their garments, and do not sew them up again.’ τὰ ἱμάτια in th...
JESUS IS BROUGHT BEFORE CAIAPHAS. THE FIRST AND INFORMAL MEETING OF THE SANHEDRIN St Mark 14:53-65; St Luke 22:54; Luke 22:63-65 St Luke reports this first irregular trial with less detail than the o...
Ver 59. Now the Chief Priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 60. But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none....
_THE MOCK TRIALS AND DENIALS MATTHEW 26:57-75:_ The Sanhedrin was the "Supreme Court" of the Jews. The council sought "false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death." (Matthew 26:59) Jesus was con...
ΔΙΈΡΡΗΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΙΑΡΡΉΓΝΥΜΙ (G1284) рвать, разрывать. Разрывание одежд могло быть спонтанным жестом, выражающим непритворный ужас (McNeile). Те, кто проводил суд над богохульником, должн...
DISCOURSE: 1404 OUR LORD’S CONDEMNATION BY THE JEWISH COUNCIL Matthew 26:63. And the high-priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou fell us whether thou be the Chri...
THEN THE HIGH-PRIEST RENT HIS CLOTHES— Though the high-priest was forbidden to rend his clothes in some cases, when others were allowed to do it, (Leviticus 10:6; Leviticus 21:10.) yet in case of blas...
SECTION 69 JESUS IS TRIED BEFORE CAIAPHAS (Parallels: Mark 14:55-65; Luke 22:63-65; John 18:24) TEXT: 26:57-68 57 And they that had taken Jesus led him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest,...
SECTION 70 JESUS IS DENIED BY PETER (Parallels: Mark 14:54; Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:54-62; John 18:15-18;...
And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. For the exposition, see the notes at ....
55-56 Compare Mar_14:48-52; Luk_22:52-53. 55 In the daylight they were afraid. They wanted the mantle of darkness to hide their evil deeds. Nothing could have been simpler than to have the temple guar...
TRIAL BEFORE CAIAPHAS (Mark 14:58; Luke 22:54). The synoptists omit the preliminary examination before Annas recorded by Jn, because it led to nothing. St. John omits the trial before Caiaphas, becaus...
RENT HIS CLOTHES] The Jewish law was: 'They that judge a blasphemer first ask the witness, and bid him speak out plainly what he hath heard; and when he speaks it, the judges, standing on their feet,...
THE BETRAYAL. THE LAST SUPPER. ARREST OF JESUS, AND TRIAL BEFORE THE HIGH PRIEST 1-5. A Council is held against Jesus (Mark 14:1; Luke 22:1 : cp. John 13:1)....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 26 PLANS TO KILL JESUS 26:1-5 V1 When Jesus had finished teaching those things, he spoke again to his *disciples. V2 ‘As you know, t...
THEN THE HIGH PRIEST RENT HIS CLOTHES. — The act was almost as much a formal sign of condemnation as the putting on of the black cap by an English judge. The judges in a Jewish trial for blasphemy wer...
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large proportionate...
_Before Caiaphas_ (Mark 14:53-65; Luke 22:54; Luke 22:66-71). πρὸς Καιάφαν, to Caiaphas, who sent them forth, and who expects their return with their victim. ὄπου, where, _i.e._, in the palace of Caia...
_The trial_....
τότε : At last they have, or think they have, Him at their mercy. διέρρηξεν, etc.: a very imposing act as the expression of true emotion; in reality a theatrical action demanded by custom and performe...
THE TRUE ANSWER TO FALSE WITNESS Matthew 26:57-66 This meeting of the Jewish leaders had been hastily summoned; but their difficulty was to substantiate a charge that would warrant the death sentence...
The Lord now reverted to the theme of His coming suffering, telling the disciples with great definiteness of the time-"after two days"; and of the event-"The Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified...
Then the high priest (g) rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. (g) This was a peculiar custom among the...
The same fury that made Caiphas rise from his seat, forced him also to rend his garments, saying: _he hath blasphemed. It was customary with the Jews, whenever they heard any blasphemous doctrines utt...
ARRAIGNMENT OF JESUS AND DENIAL OF PETER Matthew 26:57-75; Mark 14:53-72; Luke 22:54-62; John 18:13-27. “ And t
JESUS CONDEMNED BY THE SANHEDRIN Matthew 26:59-68; Mark 14:55-65; Luke 22:63-71; John 18:19-24. “ Then the high
"But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. (59) Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witnes...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
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 Lord had finished His discourses. He prepares (chapter 26) to suffer, and to make His last and touching adieus to His disciples, at the table of His last passover on earth, at which He instituted,...
THEN THE HIGH PRIEST RENT HIS CLOTHES,.... Both his outer and inner garments. This he did, to show his zeal for the honour and glory of God, his grief and concern at the profanation of his holy name b...
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. Ver. 65. _Then the high priest rent his cloth...
Mat. 26:65. "Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard His blasphemy." Contrary to that law, Leviticus...
_Then the high-priest rent his clothes_ Though the high-priest was forbidden to rend his clothes, (that is, his upper garments,) in some cases, where others were allowed to do it, (Leviticus 10:6; and...
RENT HIS CLOTHES; as a token of great indignation. BLASPHEMY; in claiming to be the Messiah, the Son of God, and the judge of men....
Only when His prophetic word, with its every dispensational bearing, is complete does the King, in calm, conscious authority, declare to His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed...
57-68 Jesus was hurried into Jerusalem. It looks ill, and bodes worse, when those who are willing to be Christ's disciples, are not willing to be known to be so. Here began Peter's denying him: for t...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 26:66"....
Matthew 26:65 Then G5119 priest G749 tore G1284 (G5656) his G846 clothes G2440 saying G3004 (G5723)...
THE ARRAIGNMENT OF JESUS BEFORE SELECTED MEMBERS OF THE SANHEDRIN (26:57-68).. What follows is not an official meeting of the Sanhedrin which could only meet by day, but a gathering of enemies of Jesu...
‘Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy, what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?” They answered and said,...
Matthew 26:65. THEN THE HIGH-PRIEST RENT HIS CLOTHES, his upper-garment, not the high-priestly robe, which was worn only in the temple. Rending the clothes was a sign of mourning or of indignation (Ac...
THE THREE TRIALS. These seem to have been three judicial examinations of our Lord. (1.) An examination before Annas, who, although deposed, was considered the real high-priest by the Jews, while they...
HE HATH SPOKEN BLASPHEMY (εβλασφημησεν). There was no need of witnesses now, for Jesus had incriminated himself by claiming under oath to be the Messiah, the Son of God. Now it would not be blasphem...
Matthew 26:59. _Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; but found none:_ Neither for love nor money. Matthew 26:60. _Yea, tho...
We shall read two or three short portions of God's Word in order to bring before you the wonderful contrast to which I am about to direct your thoughts. Matthew 26:57. _And they that had laid hold on...
The story of Peter's denial of his Master is recorded in all four of the Gospels. There are some differences of expression in each version, so it will not be tautology if we read all four of them; and...
CONTENTS: Authorities plot Christ's death. Jesus annointed by Mary of Bethany. Judas sells Jesus. The last Passover. Lord's supper instituted. Gethsemane experience. Jesus before Caiaphas and Sanhedri...
Matthew 26:2. _After two day is the passover._ This is the literal import of the Greek word πασχα _pascha,_ and the Hebrew word פסח _pesach,_ because the Israelites, after eating the paschal lamb, pas...
THE HIGH PRIEST TORE HIS CLOTHES. Symbolic. Compare Acts 14:14. BLASPHEMY! It was, if he is not God; it was not, if he is God. Jesus could not be a "good man" and make the claims he did UNLESS...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 26:65 TORE HIS ROBES. Such an action was normally prohibited for the high priest (Leviticus 10:6;...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 26:1 The Crucified Messiah. Matthew narrates the events leading to Jesus’ death: (1) the Passover and Lord’s Supper and events in Gethsemane (Matthew
CAIAPHAS QUESTIONS JESUS MATTHEW 26:57-68; MARK 14:53-65; LUKE 22:54 Luke 22:67-71;...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 26:57. TO CAIAPHAS.—Apparently after a preliminary examination before Annas (John 18:13; John 18:19). WHERE THE SCRIBES AND THE ELDERS WERE ASSEMBLED.—It was against the rules...
EXPOSITION Ch. 26-28:20 THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM. Before attempting to expound this most momentous section of the gospel history, we must make up our minds concerning the solution of the di...
Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings (Matthew 26:1), This is the end of now the Olivet discourse. He now said to his disciples, Now you know that in two days is the feast o...
1 Kings 21:10; 2 Kings 18:37; 2 Kings 19:1; Jeremiah 36:24; Joh
Then the high priest rent his clothes — Though the high priest was forbidden to rend his clothes (that is, his upper garment) in some cases where others were allowed to do it, Leviticus 21:10; yet in...