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Matthew 26:Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” 63 But Jesus remained silent.
The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
64 “You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”[e]
65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. 66 What do you think?”
“He is worthy of death,” they answered.
67 Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him 68 and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?”
I'm back on my tablet again this morning. My PC is having a fight with itself and windows. My tablet doesn't like formatting, so please bare with me.
The commentaries suggest that we go back and look at 1 Kings 22:16.
I've always wondered why Jesus didn't mount a defense. I mean He had the capabilities to read minds and drive out demons. Yes, I know that He was bound to be sacrificed for our sins.... but it bothered me that He never expounded all the great things He had done. He fed the hungry, healed the sick, drove out demons and He never asked for a penny from anyone. That's quite remarkable.
Instead, He remained silent. It wasn't that He couldn't have raised a defense.... IMHO.... it was because they wouldn't have listened anyway.
Back in 1 Kings 22, the prophet Micaiah was the kind of prophet that never said anything nice about the King of Israel. 400 prophets were telling the King and Jehoshaphat that they should go to war. Micaiah was the only one brave enough to speak the truth.
Jesus could only speak the truth and no one wanted to hear the truth.
Jesus knew what was going to happen. He let it happen.
The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
64 “You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”[e]
65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. 66 What do you think?”
“He is worthy of death,” they answered.
67 Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him 68 and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?”
I'm back on my tablet again this morning. My PC is having a fight with itself and windows. My tablet doesn't like formatting, so please bare with me.
The commentaries suggest that we go back and look at 1 Kings 22:16.
I've always wondered why Jesus didn't mount a defense. I mean He had the capabilities to read minds and drive out demons. Yes, I know that He was bound to be sacrificed for our sins.... but it bothered me that He never expounded all the great things He had done. He fed the hungry, healed the sick, drove out demons and He never asked for a penny from anyone. That's quite remarkable.
Instead, He remained silent. It wasn't that He couldn't have raised a defense.... IMHO.... it was because they wouldn't have listened anyway.
Back in 1 Kings 22, the prophet Micaiah was the kind of prophet that never said anything nice about the King of Israel. 400 prophets were telling the King and Jehoshaphat that they should go to war. Micaiah was the only one brave enough to speak the truth.
Jesus could only speak the truth and no one wanted to hear the truth.
Jesus knew what was going to happen. He let it happen.