Mat 26:57-68 | NASB2020 | STEP | Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas , the high priest , where the scribes and the elders were gathered together .

Matthew 26:57-68

Jesus before Caiaphas

57 ^aThose who had arrested Jesus led Him away to ^bCaiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. 58 But ^cPeter was following Him at a distance, as far as the ^dcourtyard of the high priest, and he came inside and sat down with the ^{▼▼Or servants
,} ^fofficers to see the outcome.

59 Now the chief priests and the entire ^{▼▼Or Sanhedrin
,} ^hCouncil kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death. 60 They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But later on ⁱtwo came forward, 61 and said, “This man stated, ‘ ^jI am able to destroy the ^{▼▼Or sanctuary}temple of God and to rebuild it ^{▼▼Or after}in three days.’” 62 The high priest stood up and said to Him, “Do You offer no answer for what these men are testifying against You?” 63 But ^mJesus kept silent. ⁿAnd the high priest said to Him, “I ^oplace You under oath by ^pthe living God, to tell us whether You are the ^{▼▼I.e., Messiah}Christ, ^rthe Son of God.” 64 Jesus *said to him, “ ^sYou have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see ^tthe Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and ^ucoming on the clouds of heaven.”

65 Then the high priest ^vtore his ^{▼▼Or outer garments}robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? See, you have now heard the blasphemy; 66 what do you think?” They answered, “ ^xHe deserves death!”

67 ^yThen they ^zspit in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others ^{▼▼Or possibly beat Him with rods}slapped Him, 68 and said, “ ^abProphesy to us, You ^{▼▼I.e., Messiah}Christ; who is the one who hit You?”