CHAPTER 125/Jesus Is taken to Annas, Then to Caiaphas - Continue

 'Caiaphas asks Jesus: "Do you say nothing in reply? What is it these men are testifying against you?" (Mark 14:60) Jesus remains silent in the face of this false charge made by witnesses whose stories disagree. So High Priest Caiaphas switches to a different tactic. 

Caiaphas knows that the Jews are sensitive about anyone claiming to be the Son of God. Earlier, when Jesus had called his God his Father, the Jews wanted to kill him because they claim that he was "making himself equal to God." (John 5:17, 18; 10:31-39) Aware of such sentiments, Caiaphas now carefully demands of Jesus: "I put you under oath by the living God to tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God!" (Matthew 26:63) Of course, Jesus has acknowledged being the Son of God. (John 3:18; 5:25; 11:4) If he does not do so now, that could be construed as denying that he is God's Son and the Christ. So Jesus says: "I am; and you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power and coming with the clouds of heaven." - MARK 14:62. 

Next time: CHAPTER 125/Jesus Is Taken to Annas, Then to Caiaphas - Conclusion

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