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Those who had seized Yeshua led him off to Kayafa the cohen hagadol, where the Torah-teachers and elders were assembled.
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Kefa followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the cohen hagadol; then he went inside and sat down with the guards to see what the outcome would be.
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The head cohanim and the whole Sanhedrin looked for some false evidence against Yeshua, so that they might put him to death.
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But they didn't find any, even though many liars came forward to give testimony. At last, however, two people came forward and said,
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"This man said, `I can tear down God's Temple and build it again in three days.'"
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The cohen hagadol stood up and said, "Have you nothing to say to the accusation these men are making?"
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Yeshua remained silent. The cohen hagadol said to him, "I put you under oath! By the living God, tell us if you are the Mashiach, the Son of God!"
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Yeshua said to him, "The words are your own. But I tell you that one day you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of HaG'vurah and coming on the clouds of heaven."
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At this, the cohen hagadol tore his robes. "Blasphemy!" he said. "Why do we still need witnesses? You heard him blaspheme!
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What is your verdict?" "Guilty," they answered. "He deserves death!"
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Then they spit in his face and pounded him with their fists; and those who were beating him
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said, "Now, you `Messiah,' `prophesy' to us: who hit you that time?"