[Footnote 2: Gr. _forecourt_.] [Footnote 3: Many ancient authorities omit _and the cock crew_.] [Footnote 4: Or, _And he began to weep._] [Footnote 5: Gr. _bondservants_.] [Footnote 6: Gr. _a fire of charcoal_.] [Footnote a: Each of the four Gospels records three denials; but the details differ considerably, as must always be the case where in each narrative a few facts are selected out of many sayings and doings. We have seen (footnote on § 154) that there were _three stages_ of the Jewish trial, (l) before Annas, (2) before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin for informal examination, (3) before them in a formal trial. Now John gives only the first of the three stages, Luke only the last, Matthew and Mark give the second stage fully, and the third in brief mention. If Peter's denials ran through all three (and Luke says in ver. 59 that there was an hour between his second and third denials), then no one of the four Gospels could give each of the denials precisely at the time of its occurrence; and so each Gospel merely throws them together, as in another way we here bring them together in one section. There is no difficulty about the substantial fact of the denials; and we must be content with our inability to arrange all the circumstances into a complete programme.] § 157. AFTER DAWN, JESUS IS FORMALLY[a] CONDEMNED BY THE SANHEDRIN Friday Mark 15:1 |Matt. 27:1 |Luke 22:66-71 | | 1 And straightway | 1 Now when morning |66 And as soon as in the morning the | was come, all the | it was day, the chief priests with | chief priests and | assembly of the the elders and | the elders of the | elders of the scribes, and the | people took counsel | people was whole council, held | against Jesus to put| gathered together, a consultation, | him to death: | both chief priests | | and scribes; and | | they led him away 67 into their council, saying, If thou art the Christ, tell us. But 68 he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: and if I 69 ask _you_, ye will not answer. But from henceforth shall the Son of man be seated on the right hand of the power of God [_see Ps. 70 110:1; Dan. 7:13_]. And they all said, Art thou then the Son of 71 God? And he said unto them, [1]Ye say that I am. And they said, What further need have we of witness? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth. [Footnote 1: Or, _Ye say_ it, _because I am._]