Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Mark 14:62

"And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven." — Mark 14:62 (ASV)

Jesus replied with a straightforward “I am.” Note the sharp contrast to his deliberate avoidance of calling himself the Messiah or having others proclaim his messiahship up to this point in his ministry. He clearly did this not because he had no consciousness of being the Messiah. Rather, he avoided the messianic claim because of the false concepts of messiahship that were popular in his day and with which he did not want to be identified . Now, however, the time of veiledness had passed. He was ready to state unequivocally his messiahship.

Jesus’ affirmation of messiahship is followed by a Son-of-Man saying that brings together Da 7:13 and Ps 110:1. The two main ideas are the enthronement of the Son of Man and his eschatological coming. Jesus was looking to the future, beyond the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, to the Ascension, when he would take his place at the right hand of God—the place of authority—and to his Parousia, when he will come again in judgment (Revelation 1:7).