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61 But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him,[a] “Are you the Christ,[b] the Son of the Blessed One?” 62 “I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand[c] of the Power[d] and coming with the clouds of heaven.”[e] 63 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “Why do we still need witnesses?

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  1. Mark 14:61 tn Grk “questioned him and said to him.”
  2. Mark 14:61 tn Or “the Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”sn See the note on Christ in 8:29.
  3. Mark 14:62 sn An allusion to Ps 110:1. This is a claim that Jesus shares authority with God in heaven. Those present may have thought they were his judges, but, in fact, the reverse was true.
  4. Mark 14:62 sn The expression the right hand of the Power is a circumlocution for referring to God. Such indirect references to God were common in 1st century Judaism out of reverence for the divine name.
  5. Mark 14:62 sn An allusion to Dan 7:13.