Mark 14:55-65 ▼

55 And the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin sought for testimony against Jesus, in order to put him to death, and found none.

56 For many testified falsely against him, and their testimony did not agree.

57 And some rose up, and testified falsely against him, saying:

58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.

59 And not even in this did their testimony agree.

60 And the chief priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying: Do you make no answer? What do these testify against you?

61 But he was silent, and made no answer. Again, the chief priest asked him, and said to him: Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

62 Jesus replied: I am. And you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

63 And the chief priest rent his clothes, and said: What further need have we of witnesses?

64 You have heard his impious speech. What think you? They all condemned him to be a subject of death.

65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him with their fists, and to say to him: Give a response. And the attendants struck him with their open hands.