Mar 14:61-62 | NET2full | STEP | But he was silent and did not answer . Again the high priest questioned him , “ Are you the Christ , the Son of the Blessed One ?”

‏ Mark 14:61-62

61 But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, ^{▼▼tn Grk “questioned him and said to him.”} “Are you the Christ, ^{▼▼tn Or “the Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”} ^{▼▼sn See the note on Christ in 8:29.} the Son of the Blessed One?” 62 “I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand ^{▼▼sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.} of the Power ^{▼▼sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.} and coming with the clouds of heaven.” ^{▼▼sn An allusion to Dan 7:13.}