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Then they all asked:
CHIEF PRIESTS, ELDERS and SCRIBES.
Are you then the Son of God?
JESUS.
You say that I am.
CHIEF PRIESTS, ELDERS and SCRIBES.
Why do we need any further testimony. We've heard it out of his own mouth.
NARRATOR.
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony that could be used against Jesus in order to have him put to
death, but they didn't find any. However, many did give false testimony against him, but their statements conflicted with each other.
Finally there came two false witnesses who said:
WITNESS 1.
This man said, "I am able to destroy the Temple of God and to rebuild it in three days".
WITNESS 2.
We heard him say, "I will destroy this Temple that is made with hands and within three days and I will build another made without
hands".
NARRATOR.
But their testimony's also conflicted. The High Priest then stood before the whole assembly and said to Jesus:
HIGH PRIEST.
Aren't you going to say anything? What is it that these men are testifying against you?
NARRATOR.
But Jesus remained silent. Again the High Priest asked him and said:
HIGH PRIEST.
I put you on an oath by the Living God to tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God, the Son of the Blessed One.
JESUS.
You have said it, 'I am'! Nevertheless I tell you, the time is coming when you will see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the
power of God and coming in the clouds of heaven.
NARRATOR.
At this the High Priest tore his robes and said:
HIGH PRIEST.
He has blasphemed! What do we need any further witnesses now. We have heard it for ourselves from his own lips. There, now we
have heard his blasphemy. What is your finding?
NARRATOR.
And they all gave their verdict.
COUNCIL.
He deserves the death sentence!
NARRATOR.
The whole assembly then rose. Some of them began to spit in his face and hit him with their fists. The men who guarded Jesus
mocked and beat him. And when they had blindfolded him they slapped him on the face, taunting him saying:
GUARDS.
Prophesy to us, you Christ! Which one of us hit you?
NARRATOR.
And they spoke many other blasphemous things against him and the servants struck him with the palm of their hands.
Matthew 26:59-68; Mark 14:55-65; Luke 22:63-23:1...
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