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OET (OET-RV)Nevertheless the chiefpriest in the middle of the council stood up and askedYeshua, “Aren’t you going to defend yourself? These men are accusing you of these things.”
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, red:negative.
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ULTAnd having stood up in the midst, the high priest questioned Jesus, saying, “Do you not answer anything? What are these testifying against you?”
USTThen the high priest himself stood up in front of them and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to reply to anything that they have said? What do you say about all the things that they are saying in order to accuse you?”
BSB § So the high priest stood up before them and questioned Jesus, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”
BLBAnd the high priest having stood up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, "Do You not answer? What is it these testify against You?"
AICNTAnd the high priest stood up in the midst and questioned Jesus, saying, “Do you not answer anything? What is it that these men testify against you?”
OEBThen the high priest stood forward, and questioned Jesus. ‘Have you no answer to make?’ he asked. ‘What is this evidence which these men are giving against you?’
WEBBEThe high priest stood up in the middle, and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?”
WMBBThe high priest stood up in the middle, and asked Yeshua, “Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?”
NETThen the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”
LSVAnd the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, “You do not answer anything! Why do these testify against You?”
FBVThen the high priest stood up in front of the council, and asked Jesus, “Have you nothing to say in response to these charges made against you?”
TCNTThen the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Do yoʋ make no answer? What are these men testifying against yoʋ?”
T4TThen the supreme priest himself stood up in front of them and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to reply? What do you say about all the things that they are saying in order to accuse you?”
LEBAnd the high priest stood up in the midst of themand[fn] asked Jesus, saying, “Do you not reply anything? What are these people testifying against you?”
14:60*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stood up”) has been translated as a finite verb
BBEAnd the high priest got up in the middle of them, and said to Jesus, Do you say nothing in answer? what is it which these say against you?
WymthAt last the High Priest stood up, and advancing into the midst of them all, asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is the meaning of all this that these witnesses allege against you?"
ASVAnd the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
DRAAnd the high priest rising up in the midst, asked Jesus, saying: Answerest thou nothing to the things that are laid to thy charge by these men?
YLTAnd the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, 'Thou dost not answer anything! what do these testify against thee?'
DrbyAnd the high priest, rising up before them all, asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? What do these testify against thee?
RVAnd the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
WbstrAnd the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these testify against thee?
KJB-1769And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? (And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou/you nothing? what is it which these witness against thee/you? )
KJB-1611And the high Priest stood vp in the mids, and asked Iesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witnesse against thee? (And the high Priest stood up in the mids, and asked Yesus/Yeshua, saying, Answerest thou/you nothing? What is it which these witness against thee/you?)
BshpsAnd the hye priest stoode vp amongest them, and asked Iesus, saying: Aunswerest thou nothyng? Howe is it that these beare witnesse agaynst thee? (And the high priest stood up amongst them, and asked Yesus/Yeshua, saying: Aunswerest thou/you nothing? How is it that these bear witness against thee/you?)
GnvaThen the hie Priest stoode vp amongst them, and asked Iesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is the matter that these beare witnesse against thee? (Then the high Priest stood up amongst them, and asked Yesus/Yeshua, saying, Answerest thou/you nothing? what is the matter that these bear witness against thee/you? )
CvdlAnd the hye prest stode vp amonge them, and axed Iesus, and sayde: Answerest thou nothinge vnto it, that these testifie agaynst the? (And the high priest stood up among them, and asked Yesus/Yeshua, and said: Answerest thou/you nothing unto it, that these testify against the?)
TNTAnd the hyeste preste stode up amongest them and axed Iesus sayinge: answerest thou nothinge? How is it that these beare witnes agaynst the? (And the hyeste priest stood up amongst them and asked Yesus/Yeshua saying: answerest thou/you nothing? How is it that these bear witness against the? )
WyclAnd the hiyest prest roos vp in to the myddil, and axide Jhesu, and seide, Answerist thou no thing to tho thingis that ben put ayens thee of these? (And the highest priest rose up in to the middle, and asked Yhesu, and said, Answerist thou/you no thing to those things that been put against thee/you of these?)
LuthUnd der Hohepriester stund auf unter sie und fragte JEsum und sprach: Antwortest du nichts zu dem, was diese wider dich zeugen? (And the/of_the Hohepriester stood on under they/she/them and asked YEsum and spoke: answerest you nothing to to_him, what/which this/these against you/yourself witness?)
ClVgEt exsurgens summus sacerdos in medium, interrogavit Jesum, dicens: Non respondes quidquam ad ea quæ tibi objiciuntur ab his?[fn] (And exsurgens summus sacerdos in medium, interrogavit Yesum, saying: Non respondes quidquam to ea which to_you obyiciuntur away his? )
14.60Et exsurgens, etc. Iratus, quia non invenit locum calumniæ, motu corporis insaniam mentis demonstrat. Non respondens, etc. Ad responsum provocat, ut ex qualibet occasione sermonis locum accusandi inveniat. Jesus autem non respondit, quia prævidit quidquid responderet in calumniam verti. Tu es Christus. HIER. Quem exspectabat a longe non videbat prope: sicut Isaac caligantibus oculis, Jacob sub manibus non agnoscebat, sed longe post de eo futura canit.
14.60And exsurgens, etc. Iratus, because not/no invenit place calumniæ, motu corporis insaniam mentis demonstrat. Non responding, etc. Ad responsum provocat, as from qualibet occasione sermonis place accusandi inveniat. Yesus however not/no answered, because prævidit quidquid responderet in calumniam verti. Tu you_are Christus. HIER. Quem exspectabat from longe not/no videbat prope: like Isaac caligantibus oculis, Yacob under manibus not/no agnoscebat, but longe after about eo futura canit.
UGNTκαὶ ἀναστὰς ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς εἰς μέσον, ἐπηρώτησεν τὸν Ἰησοῦν λέγων, οὐκ ἀποκρίνῃ οὐδέν? τί οὗτοί σου καταμαρτυροῦσιν? (kai anastas ho arⱪiereus eis meson, epaʸrōtaʸsen ton Yaʸsoun legōn, ouk apokrinaʸ ouden? ti houtoi sou katamarturousin?)
SBL-GNTκαὶ ἀναστὰς ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς εἰς μέσον ἐπηρώτησεν τὸν Ἰησοῦν λέγων· Οὐκ ἀποκρίνῃ οὐδέν; τί οὗτοί σου καταμαρτυροῦσιν; (kai anastas ho arⱪiereus eis meson epaʸrōtaʸsen ton Yaʸsoun legōn; Ouk apokrinaʸ ouden? ti houtoi sou katamarturousin;)
TC-GNTΚαὶ ἀναστὰς ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς εἰς [fn]μέσον [fn]ἐπηρώτησε τὸν Ἰησοῦν, λέγων, Οὐκ ἀποκρίνῃ οὐδέν; Τί οὗτοί σου καταμαρτυροῦσιν; (Kai anastas ho arⱪiereus eis meson epaʸrōtaʸse ton Yaʸsoun, legōn, Ouk apokrinaʸ ouden; Ti houtoi sou katamarturousin; )
14:53-65 The story of Jesus’ trial follows immediately upon his arrest. Objections have been raised as to the historicity of the various accounts of Jesus’ trial, because of differences of detail from the rules found in the Mishnah tractate Mishnah Sanhedrin. However, (1) the Mishnah was written around AD 200, whereas the Gospel of Mark was written in the late 60s, over 130 years earlier; (2) the rules found in Mishnah Sanhedrin idealize what later rabbis thought should take place in such trials and do not necessarily describe what did in fact take place; (3) it is questionable whether the Sadducees leading the Sanhedrin would have followed the Pharisaic rules found in Mishnah Sanhedrin (see Acts 23:6-10); (4) the rules found in Mishnah Sanhedrin sometimes conflict with what the Jewish historian Josephus wrote; (5) existing laws of conduct were not necessarily followed—Jesus was being tried by a kangaroo court, in which the sentence was predetermined and only the charge for carrying it out was sought (Mark 14:55); (6) if we must choose between the trial accounts found in the Gospels and Mishnah Sanhedrin, there is no reason to choose the reliability of Mishnah Sanhedrin over that of the Gospels.
When Jesus went into Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover, he knew it was his final night. He had come to Jerusalem to “suffer many terrible things and . . . be killed” (Mark 8:31). His disciples had prepared the meal, but he needed to prepare them for what was coming.
So Jesus celebrated the Passover with his disciples. At this meal, Jesus demonstrated true servanthood by washing his disciples’ feet (John 13:1-20). He gave his final teachings to the disciples, informed them about the coming of the Holy Spirit, and prayed for his followers (John 14:1–17:26). Jesus also established the new covenant (Mark 14:22-24). Jesus was now the Passover Lamb—his body and blood are now the sacrifice that saves his people from judgment, fulfilling the same purpose as the lamb at the first Passover.
It was on Passover that God had struck down all the firstborn males of Egypt but had spared those of Israel. Now Jesus would be struck down so that his people could be spared—just as the prophets had predicted (e.g., Zech 12:10; 13:7). Jesus warned his disciples that this was about to happen and that they were about to desert him (Mark 14:27). Jesus also warned his disciples that he would be betrayed by one of them (Mark 14:18).
After the meal, Jesus and his disciples walked to the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives, where Jesus prayed in agony, submitting his will to the Father (Mark 14:26-42). Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, then approached with a group of soldiers, who arrested Jesus (Mark 14:43-49). Jesus’ disciples fled (Mark 14:50-52), and Jesus was taken to the house of the high priest for an overnight trial, during which Peter denied Jesus three times (Mark 14:53-72).
While Jesus’ final night was marked by tragedy, nothing that happened was outside of his foreknowledge. Everything occurred according to God’s plan and was necessary in order to fulfill Scripture and to usher in the events which followed (his death and resurrection).
In Jesus’ culture, people would stand up when they were about to make an official statement. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [having stood up in the midst of the Sanhedrin to say something] or [having stood up in the midst of the court]
not ˱you˲_/are/_answering nothing what_‹is_it› these_‹men› ˱against˲_you /are/_testifying
Here the high priest could be asking: (1) two questions. See the ULT and UST. (2) one question. Alternate translation: [Do you not answer anything to what these are testifying against you]
The words translated not and anything are two negative words. In this construction, the second negative does not cancel the first to create a positive meaning. Instead, it gives greater emphasis to the negative. If your language can use two negatives that do not cancel one another to create a positive meaning, you could use a double negative here. If your language does not use two negatives in that way, you could translate with one strong negative, as the ULT does. Alternate translation: [Do you answer nothing]
Here the high priest is asking Jesus how he will defend himself against the people who have accused him of saying and doing wrong things. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [What is your defense against these testifying against you]
On the Thursday before he was crucified, Jesus had arranged to share the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room, traditionally thought to be located in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem. After they finished the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples. There Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ own disciples, betrayed him to soldiers sent from the High Priest, and they took Jesus to the High Priest’s residence. In the morning the leading priests and teachers of the law put Jesus on trial and found him guilty of blasphemy. The council sent Jesus to stand trial for treason before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who resided at the Praetorium while in Jerusalem. The Praetorium was likely located at the former residence of Herod the Great, who had died over 30 years earlier. When Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, he sent him to Herod Antipas, who had jurisdiction over Galilee. But when Jesus gave no answer to Herod’s many questions, Herod and his soldiers sent him back to Pilate, who conceded to the people’s demands that Jesus be crucified. Jesus was forced to carry his cross out of the city gate to Golgotha, meaning Skull Hill, referring to what may have been a small unquarried hill in the middle of an old quarry just outside the gate. After Jesus was unable to carry his cross any further, a man named Simon from Cyrene was forced to carry it for him. There at Golgotha they crucified Jesus. After Jesus died, his body was hurriedly taken down before nightfall and placed in a newly cut, rock tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish high council. This tomb was likely located at the perimeter of the old quarry.
