The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.
Parallel translations
- WEB The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.
- KJV The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
- BSB Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.
- NKJV The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples and His doctrine.
- NLT Inside, the high priest began asking Jesus about his followers and what he had been teaching them.
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The high priest questions Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. The informal interrogation begins.
Overview
Annas (called high priest here due to his standing) probes Jesus regarding his followers and doctrine, apparently seeking grounds for accusation. The proceeding is irregular, lacking proper witnesses. Jesus' forthcoming reply will expose the impropriety of a secret interrogation, contrasting his open ministry with the underhanded methods of his accusers.
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- Mark 14:55–65Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.
- Luke 22:63–71The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him.
- Luke 20:20They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
- Matt 26:59–68Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
- Luke 11:53–54As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;
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