οὐδὲ οὕτως ton ἦν ἡ μαρτυρία αὐτῶν. 60. Καὶ ἀναστὰς ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς eis τὸ 1 µέσον ἐπηρώτησε τὸν Ἰησοῦν, λέγων, “OdK ἀποκρίνῃ οὐδέν ; τί οὗτοί σου καταμαρτυροῦσιν; 9
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66. Καὶ ὄντος τοῦ Πέτρου ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ κάτω, ἔρχεται pia τῶν
1 ssABCLAS al. fl. omit το found in D.
2 For ουδεν amex. (ADA al.) SBCL 33 sah. cop. have ουκ amex. ουδεν.
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6 ελαβον in ΜΑΒΟΙΙΙΔ. εβαλλον substituted in later MSS. for a word not under
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7 κατω εν τ. avd. in NBCL. DI omit κατω.
characterise it as hand-made, and as blasphemous to suggest that another could take its place.—Ver. 60. eis µέσον: a graphic feature in Mk., suggest- ing that the high priest arose from his seat and advanced into the semi-circle of the council towards Jesus—the action of an irritated, baffled man.—ovx ἄπο- κρίνῃ: on the high priest’s question vide notes on Mt.—Ver. 61. ἐσιώπα καὶ, etc.: one of Mk.’s dualisms, yet not idle repetition = He maintained the silence He had observed up to that point (im- perfect), and He answered nothing to the high oppriest’s pointed question (aorist).—waAw : the high priest makes another attempt to draw Jesus into some self-condemning utterance, this time successfully.—rod εὐλογητοῦ, the Blessed One, here only, absolutely, as a name for God. Usually, an epithet attached to Κύριος (Wiinsche, Beitrage).—Ver. 62. Ἐγώ εἰμι. On Christ’s reply to the high priest affirming the Messianic claim, vide notes on Mt.—Ver. 63. τοὺς χιτῶνας, his tunics, or undergarments, of which persons in good position wore two. -—Ver. 64. τί ὑμῖν φαίνεται, what ap- pears to you to be the appropriate penalty of such blasphemous speech?=7l ὑμῖν
δοκεῖ in Mt. Ndosgen denies the equi- valence, and renders Mk.’s_ peculiar phrase: what lies for you on the hand, what is now your duty? with appeal to Xenophon, Anab., v., 7, 3.—Ver. 65. τινες: presumably Sanhedrists. — περι- καλύπτειν: Mt. says nothing of this, but he as well as Mk. represents them as asking Jesus to prophesy. Mt.’s version implies that Jesus was struck from be- hind, Mk.’s in front.—ot ὑπηρέται: fol- lowing the example of their masters.— ῥαπίσμασιν αὐτὸν ἔλαβον, received Him with slaps of the open hand: a phrase recalling the Latin, accipere aliquem verberibus.
Vv. 66-72. Peter’s denial (Mt. xxvi. 69-75, Lk. xxii. 54-62).—Ver. 66. κάτω ἐ. τ. a., below in the court, implying that the trial of Jesus had taken place in a chamber on ahigher level.—épyerat pia, etc., cometh one of the maids of the high priest—a servant in his palace, on some errand that night when all things were out of their usual course. That a maid should be astir and on duty at that un- seasonable hour was itself a sign that something extraordinary was going on.— Ver. 67. ἰδοῦσα: Peter, sitting at the fire, catches her eye, and she sees at once
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