53 They led Jesus away to the high priest ; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes gathered together . 54 Peter had followed Him at a distance , right into the courtyard of the high priest ; and he was sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire . 55 Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death , and they were not finding any. 56 For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 14:53-56
Commentary on Mark 14:53-65
(Read Mark 14:53-65)
We have here Christ's condemnation before the great council of the Jews. Peter followed; but the high priest's fire-side was no proper place, nor his servants proper company, for Peter: it was an entrance into temptation. Great diligence was used to procure false witnesses against Jesus, yet their testimony was not equal to the charge of a capital crime, by the utmost stretch of their law. He was asked, Art thou the Son of the Blessed? that is, the Son of God. For the proof of his being the Son of God, he refers to his second coming. In these outrages we have proofs of man's enmity to God, and of God's free and unspeakable love to man.