Again the high priest asked Him, and said unto Him, Art Thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am; and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven. – Mark 14:61,62

Finding that their witness, even when tortured to the highest degree, was not strong enough, the high priest, to get matter of accusation, adjured Him by the Most High God to answer whether He was the Christ, “the Son of the Blessed.” Being thus adjured, our Master would not set us an example of cowardice; He spake to purpose; He said, “I am,” and then, to show how fully He knew this to be true, He added, “ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven.” …He bears open testimony before the herd of His accusers. “I am.” I am the Son of God, and I am the sent One of the Most High. Now, now the thing is done. They want no further evidence. The judge, forgetting the impartiality which becomes his station, pretends to be wonderfully struck with horror, rends his garments, turns round to ask his co-assessors whether they need any further witness, and they, all too ready, hold up their hands in token of unanimity, and He is at once condemned to die. Ah! brethren, and no sooner condemned, than the high priest, stepping down from his divan, spits in His face, and then the Sanhedrim follow, and smite Him on his cheek; and then they turn Him down to the rabble that had gathered in the court, and they buffet Him from one to the other, and spit upon His blessed cheeks, and smite Him, and then they play the old game again, which they had learned so well before the trial came on; they blindfold Him for a second time, place Him in the chair, and as they smite Him with their fists they cry. “Prophet! Prophet! Prophet! who is it that smote Thee? Prophesy unto us!” And thus, the Savior passed a second time through that most brutal and ignominious treatment. If we had tears, if we had sympathies, if we had hearts, we should prepare to shed those tears, to awake those sympathies, and break those hearts, now. O Thou Lord of life and glory! how shamefully wast Thou illtreated by those who pretended to be the curators of holy truth, the conservators of integrity, and the teachers of the law! ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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