Mark 14:57 (WEB)
Some stood up and gave false testimony against him, saying,
Catechism · 1
“But this prophecy would be distorted in its telling by false witnesses during his interrogation at the high priest's house, and would be thrown back at him as an insult when he was nailed to the cross.” — Catechism footnote: Cf Mk 14:57-58; Mt 27 39-40.
Fathers and councils · 12
Augustine of Hippo
“And therefore (as Mark also observes in the same passage) their witness did not agree together.”” — editor's note: Mark xiv. 57–59.
Read the whole commentChapter VII.—Of the Thorough Harmony of the Evangelists in the Different Accounts of What Took Place in the Early Morning, Previous to the Delivery of Jesus to Pilate; And of the Question Touching the Passage Which…
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Mark
The Evangelist had related above how our Lord had been taken by the servants of the Priests. Now he begins to relate how He was condemned to death in the house of the High Priest. Wherefore it is said: “And they led…
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He means by the High Priest, Caiaphas, who (as John writes) was High Priest that year, of whom Josephus relates that he bought his priesthood of the Roman Emperor. There follows: “And with him were assembled all the…
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Then took place the gathering together of the bulls among the heifers of the people. [Ps 67:31, Vulgate] It goes on: “And Peter followed Him afar off, even into the palace of the High Priest.” For though fear holds…
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But rightly does he follow afar off, who is just about to betray Him; for he could not have denied Christ if he had remained close to Him. There follows: “And he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.”
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He warms himself at the fire in the hall, with the servants. The hall of the High Priest is the enclosure of the world, the servants are the devils, with whom whosoever remains cannot weep for his sins; the fire is…
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For charity is the fire of which it is said, “I am come to send fire on the earth,” [Luke 12:49] which flame coming down on the believers, taught them to speak with various tongues the praise of the Lord. There is…
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Though the law commanded that there should be but one High Priest, there were then many put into the office, and stripped of it, year by year, by the Roman emperor. He therefore calls chief priests those who had…
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But iniquity lied as the queen did against Joseph, and the priests against Susannah, but a flame goes out, if it has no fuel. Wherefore it goes on: “And found none. For many bare false witness against Him, but their…
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For the Lord had not said, I will destroy, but, “Destroy”, nor did He say, made with hands, but, “this temple.”
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He had said also, “I will raise up,” meaning a thing with life and soul, and a breathing temple. He is a false witness, who understands words in a sense, in which they are not spoken.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:53–59 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §585.
Cited together in Catechism §585.
Cited together in Catechism §585.
Cited together in Catechism §585.
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:53–59 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §585.
Cited together in Catechism §585.