Mark 14:63

Mark 14:63 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
• New International Version (NIV)The high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the high priest tore his garments and said, "What further witnesses do we need?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?

Context of Mark 14:63

61But 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? 62And 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. Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? 64Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. 65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

Mark 14:63 word by word

ὁ δὲ ἀρχιερεὺς διαρρήξας τοὺς χιτῶνας αὐτοῦ λέγει· τί ἔτι χρείαν ἔχομεν μαρτύρων;Read the interlinear

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thenδέde · thenG1161
• the high priestἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
• rentδιαρρήγνυμιdiarrhēssō · to tearG1284
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• clothesχιτώνchitōn · tunicG5509
• and saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• needχρείαchreia · needG5532
• we anyἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• furtherἔτιeti · stillG2089
• witnessesμάρτυςmartus · witnessG3144

Cross-references for Mark 14:63

• Isaiah 36:22Then 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.
• Isaiah 37:1And 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 Yhwh.
• Jeremiah 36:23And 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.
• Acts 14:13Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.

Commentaries on Mark 14:63

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 53-72Verses 53-72 See this fully explained in the notes at Matthew 26:57-75.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 53-65Verses 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 Son of the Blessed? that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 63-64The high priest tore his clothes after hearing the words of Jesus. This was a legal act that signaled a guilty verdict and showed that no more witnesses were needed. The rest of the Sanhedrin agreed that Jesus was guilty and deserved death. It is not completely clear what the leaders considered to be blasphemy (showing disrespect toward God) in what Jesus said. It might have been his statement "I am," which is how God referred to himself in Exodus 3:14…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6363. Then the high priest rent his clothes--On this expression of horror of blasphemy, see 2Ki 18:37. and saith, What need we any further witnesses? (Also see on Joh 18:28.)Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 14:63

• Accusation, False
• Court
• Government
• Indictments
• Jesus, the Christ
• Priest
• Prisoners

In the dictionaries

• High priest
• Aforehand
• Craft
• Guest
• Ready
• Dress
• Further; Furtherance
• Good
• Jesus Christ
• Law in the New Testament

Commentaries on Mark 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings