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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2009
The question of the High Priest: ‘Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?’, and the answer of Jesus, mark the culmination of the trial of Jesus. At least this is how it has generally come to be regarded among Christians. This conception, however, is supported by the accounts of Mark and Matthew only. In John we have neither question nor answer. In Luke we have the question, but it is not asked by the High Priest himself; but by the chief priests and scribes (xxii. 6). Furthermore, in Luke the single question in Mark and Matthew: ‘Art thou the Christ, the Son of God?’ is divided into two questions: first, ‘Art thou the Christ?’, and then, ‘Art thou then the Son of God?’ Moreover, the crime of Jesus in Luke is not described as ‘blasphemy’.
page 261 note 2 Cf., John xviii. 30:Google Scholar ‘If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.’ In this connexion we have to consider also other instances where the word παραδιδόναι is used in the sense of deliver, especially those instances where it is said that Christ was delivered up to Gentiles. Here it is clear that this expression has not arisen amongst non-Christian Jews or amongst non-Jewish Christians, but reflects the indignation of Jewish Christians against those Jews who delivered Jesus to the Gentiles; cf., Matt. xx. 19 (xxvi. 2), xxvi. 45, xxvii.Google ScholarMark, x. 33, xv. i, 10;Google ScholarLuke, xviii. 32, xx. 20;Google ScholarJohn, xviii. 30, 35;Google ScholarActs, iii. 13.Google Scholar