63-65 The men in charge of Jesus began poking fun at him, slapping him around. They put a blindfold on him and taunted, “Who hit you that time?” They were having a grand time with him.
66-67 When it was morning, the religious leaders of the people and the high priests and scholars all got together and brought him before their High Council. They said, “Are you the Messiah?”
67-69 He answered, “If I said yes, you wouldn’t believe me. If I asked what you meant by your question, you wouldn’t answer me. So here’s what I have to say: From here on the Son of Man takes his place at God’s right hand, the place of power.”
70 They all said, “So you admit your claim to be the Son of God?”
“You’re the ones who keep saying it,” he said.
71 But they had made up their minds, “Why do we need any more evidence? We’ve all heard him as good as say it himself.”
Our Master Jesus, the Son of God, was taunted, blindfolded, and slapped by people around him. Jesus intended to persevere before the suffering no matter how humiliated he became before men. He stood alone before the prosecutors - religion scholars, priests, and religious leaders, but in fact God was with him and strengthened him by the Spirit.
My Master and dear friend Jesus, help me to learn from you today. Following you as I learn, I pray, I interact with people, and I meet with strangers. Jesus is here and now, present in my life daily. You are God in the past, the present, and the future.
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