Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Mark: Chapter 14].
also, probably not invited because of previous sympathy with
Jesus (Joh 7:50). But all who were present voted for the death
of Jesus.
14:65 {Cover his face} (\perikaluptein autou to pros•pon\). Put a
veil around his face. Not in Matthew, but in Lu 22:64 where
Revised Version translates \perikalupsantes\ by "blind-folded."
All three Gospels give the jeering demand of the Sanhedrin:
"Prophesy" (\proph•teuson\), meaning, as Matthew and Luke add,
thereby telling who struck him while he was blindfolded. Mark
adds "the officers" (same as in verse 54) of the Sanhedrin,
Roman lictors or sergeants-at-arms who had arrested Jesus in
Gethsemane and who still held Jesus (\hoi sunechontes auton\, Lu
22:63). Mt 26:67 alludes to their treatment of Jesus without
clearly indicating who they were. {With blows of their hands}
(\rapismasin\). The verb \rapiz•\ in Mt 26:67 originally meant
to smite with a rod. In late writers it comes to mean to slap the
face with the palm of the hands. The same thing is true of the
substantive \rapisma\ used here. A papyrus of the sixth century
A.D. uses it in the sense of a scar on the face as the result of
a blow. It is in the instrumental case here. "They caught him
with blows," Swete suggests for the unusual \elabon\ in this
sense. "With rods" is, of course, possible as the lictors carried
rods. At any rate it was a gross indignity.
14:66 {Beneath in the court} (\kat• en t•i aul•i\). This implies
that Jesus was upstairs when the Sanhedrin met. Mt 22:69 has it
{without in the court} (\ex• en t•i aul•i\). Both are true. The
open court was outside of the rooms and also below.
14:67 {Warming himself} (\thermainomenon\). Mark mentions this
fact about Peter twice (14:54,67) as does John (Joh
18:18,25). He was twice beside the fire. It is quite difficult
to relate clearly the three denials as told in the Four Gospels.
Each time several may have joined in, both maids and men. {The
Nazarene} (\tou Nazar•nou\). In Mt 26:69 it is "the Galilean."
A number were probably speaking, one saying one thing, another
another.
14:68 {I neither know nor understand} (\oute oida oute
epistamai\). This denial is fuller in Mark, briefest in John.
{What thou sayest} (\su ti legeis\). Can be understood as a
direct question. Note position of {thou} (\su\), proleptical.
{Into the porch} (\eis to proaulion\). Only here in the New
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