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You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?" They all condemned him to be worthy of death.
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The Nature of the Blasphemy
Commentators explain that the charge of blasphemy was not for cursing, but for what the Sanhedrin considered an affront to God's majesty. Jesus's claim to be the Son of God, who would sit at God's right hand, was interpreted as a direct challenge to God's unique authority, which under their law was a crime worthy of death.
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They all (ο δε παντες). This would mean that Joseph of Arimathea was not present since he did not consent to the death of Jesus ([…
19th Century
Anglican
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Baptist
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have heard the blasphemy The "manifest" blasphemy, as the Arabic version renders it; and "out of his own mouth",…
Presbyterian
We have here Christ's condemnation before the great council of the Jews. Peter followed; but the high priest's fireside was not a proper place for …
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