They Took Jesus

Mark 14:50-60,64 - And they all left him and fled. And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked. And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. And Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the guards and warming himself at the fire. Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none. For many bore false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree. And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’” Yet even about this their testimony did not agree. And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?”… You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him as deserving death. Application: · The sin of blasphemy included any affront to God’s majesty or authority. Jesus’ claim to be the Messiah and to have majesty and authority belonging only to God was therefore regarded as blasphemy, for which the law prescribed death by stoning. All Scripture verses taken from ESV