Mark 14:63
Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
Mark 14:63 in other translations
| BSB | At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “Why do we need any more witnesses? |
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| WEB | The high priest tore his clothes and said, “What further need have we of witnesses? |
| ASV | And the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What further need have we of witnesses? |
| YLT | And the chief priest, having rent his garments, saith, ‘What need have we yet of witnesses? |
| DARBY | And the high priest, having rent his clothes, says, What need have we any more of witnesses? |
| BBE | And the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, What more need have we of witnesses? |
| Webster | Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? |
What does Mark 14:63 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 14:53-65
We have here Christ's condemnation before the great council of the Jews. Peter followed; but the high priest's fire-side was no proper place, nor his servants proper company, for Peter: it was an entrance into temptation. Great diligence was used to procure false witnesses against Jesus, yet their testimony was not equal to the charge of a capital crime, by the utmost stretch of their law. He was asked, Art thou the…
Mark 14:63 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 14:63
- 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.
- Numbers 14:6
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
- Acts 14:13-14
Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
- Isaiah 36:22-37:1
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
- Jeremiah 36:23-24
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
- Leviticus 21:10
And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
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Context
- Mark 14:62
And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
- Mark 14:63
Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
- Mark 14:64
Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
Mark 14:63 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces el sumo sacerdote, rasgando sus vestidos, dijo: ¿Qué más tenemos necesidad de testigos? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le souverain sacrificateur, ayant déchiré ses vêtements, dit: Qu’avons-nous encore besoin de témoins? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Hohepriester aber zerriß seine Kleider und spricht: Was bedürfen wir noch Zeugen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Summus autem sacerdos scindens vestimenta sua, ait: Quid adhuc desideramus testes? |