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Matthew 26:
62 And the high priest arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?”
63 But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, “I put You under oath by the living God:
Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!”
64 Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man
sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
65 Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need
do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His blasphemy!
66 What do you think?”
They answered and said, “He is deserving of death.”
The Sanhedrin ruled Christ deserving of death for blasphemy.
In the Gospel of John, according to the ruling elders,
the blasphemy was to declare Himself the Son of God.
John 19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die,
because he made himself the Son of God.
But what about the claim that they would see the Son of Man seated at the right
hand of power, and coming in clouds of glory?
Would that not have been a provocation to them?
It would seem to be on a par with:
Matthew 22:
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?”
They said to Him, “The Son of David.”
43 He said to them,
“How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’?
45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?”
46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that
day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.
62 And the high priest arose and said to Him, “Do You answer nothing? What is it these men testify against You?”
63 But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, “I put You under oath by the living God:
Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!”
64 Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man
sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
65 Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need
do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His blasphemy!
66 What do you think?”
They answered and said, “He is deserving of death.”
The Sanhedrin ruled Christ deserving of death for blasphemy.
In the Gospel of John, according to the ruling elders,
the blasphemy was to declare Himself the Son of God.
John 19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die,
because he made himself the Son of God.
But what about the claim that they would see the Son of Man seated at the right
hand of power, and coming in clouds of glory?
Would that not have been a provocation to them?
It would seem to be on a par with:
Matthew 22:
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?”
They said to Him, “The Son of David.”
43 He said to them,
“How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’?
45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?”
46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that
day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.
