Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 14:60-61

"And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and saith unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" — Mark 14:60-61 (ASV)

And asked Jesus, saying, Did you answer nothing? what is it that these witness against you? But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

This time, according to Matthew's account, the high priest said to Jesus, I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God. Being thus, as it were, put upon his oath, the Saviour felt compelled to answer. He could not remain silent when such a great and important question was at stake.