62 The high priest stood up and said to him, “Don’t you have an answer to what these men are testifying against you?” 63 Butu Jesus kept silent.v The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oathw by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”x

64 “You have said it,” Jesus told him. “But I tell you, in the futureI you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”J,y

65 Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed!z Why do we still need witnesses? See, now you’ve heard the blasphemy.aa 66 What is your decision?”

They answered, “He deserves death!”ab