Thou Christ (Χριστε). With definite sneer at his claims under oath in 26:63. With uncontrolled glee and abandon like a lot of hood…

Saying, Prophesy to us, etc. Mark informs us that before they said this, they had blindfolded him. Having prevented him from seeing, they …

Prophesy unto us, thou Christ—The words derived their point from the fact recorded by St. Mark (Mark 14:65), that the …

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 …

St. John Chrysostom: When the Chief Priests were assembled, this gathering of thugs tried to give their conspiracy the appeara…

The messianic claims of the accused do not impress the Sanhedrin, and the indignities to which Jesus is now subjected are probably meant to deride …

Saying, prophesy to us, you Christ
Not that they owned him to be the Messiah; but because he asserted himself to be …

Jesus was hurried into Jerusalem. It looks ill, and bodes worse, when those who are willing to be Christ's disciples are not willing to be known as…

This section discu es Christ’s arrest; now, it discu es where He would be led, describing the place and those gathered there. He says, therefore: <…