Mark 14:53–72 | The Open Statement of the Truth

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Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
Scripture: Mark 14:53–72

1. WHEN TRUTH DOESN’T MATTER
2. WHEN THE TRUTH SPEAKS
3. WHEN THE TRUTH IS DENIED

James R. Edwards
According to the Mishnah, twenty-three members of the Sanhedrin were necessary to judge capital cases, with reasons for acquittal preceding reasons for conviction. In capital cases, a verdict of guilty required a second sitting the following day. Both sittings had to take place during daytime, and neither on the eve of Sabbath or a festival. Witnesses were to be warned against rumor and hearsay. A charge of blasphemy could not be sustained unless the accused cursed God’s name itself, in which case the punishment prescribed was death by stoning, with the corpse then hung from a tree.

Isaiah 53:7 (ESV)
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth.

Proverbs 26:4 (ESV)
Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest you be like him yourself.

Mark 8:31 (ESV)
And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Mark 9:31 (ESV)
The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.

Mark 10:33–34 (ESV)
See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles. And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise.

James Edwards
Until the question of the high priest, however, Jesus has steadfastly silenced all proclamations of his divine Sonship. In order truly to understand the meaning of his person something has been missing. The missing element has been the necessity of his suffering. Only in the light of suffering can Jesus openly divulge his identity as God’s Son.

Mark 13:9 (ESV)
But be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them.

Mark 14:30–31 (ESV)
Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” But he said emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.”