Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.
The high priest tears his clothes in a show of zeal for God's honor, yet he has made no inquiry into whether Christ's claims are true. He pronounces blasphemy when he ought to have examined the evidence of His Divinity; instead he rejects the promised Redeemer outright and, by his example, teaches us how seriously we ought to detest real profaning of God's name.
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They voted unanimously for death, all condemned Him, though they violated their own law by holding this capital trial at night, on the eve of a festival. If He had truly been guilty of blasphemy as charged, the sentence would have been lawful; but they never tested whether His claims were valid.
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The high priest tore his garment to show grief that blasphemy had been spoken in his presence. But he never examined the one point that mattered: whether Christ had given evidence of being the Messiah. They assumed He was an impostor, and from that false assumption concluded that any claim to be the Messiah proved He deserved death.
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