{Mark 14:61} But he remained quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
{Mark 14:62} Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of the Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."
{Mark 14:63} The high priest tore his clothes, and said, "What further need have we of witnesses?
{Mark 14:64} You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?" They all judged him to be worthy of death.
The above scriptures are sometimes cited as proof that Jesus is God Almighty. Since there is nothing in the above verses where Jesus states that he is God Almighty, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the reality is that any such thought has to be imagined and assumed beyond what is stated, added to what is stated and read into what is stated. Trinitarians have to create assumptions beyond what is stated so as to claim the God is more than one person, etc.
Mark 14:61
ho de esiwpa kai ouk apekrinato ouden plain
THE (ONE) BUT WAS SILENT AND NOT ANSWERED NOTHING. AGAIN
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ho archiereus epeerwta auton kai legei
THE CHIEF PRIEST WAS INQUIRING UPON HIM AND IS SAYING
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autw su ei ho christos ho huios tou eulogeetou
TO HIM YOU ARE THE CHRIST THE SON OF THE BLESSED ONE?
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Westcott & Hort Interlinear.
In verse 61, the high priest asked Jesus if he was the Christ, meaning Anointed One, the Messiah. He did not ask Jesus if he was the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but rather if he was the one whom the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had anointed and sent. The very term "the Christ" (the Messiah, the Anointed One) should show that he was not asking Jesus if he was God Almighty. -- Isaiah 61:1,2; John 17:1,3. See our study: The Spirit of Jehovah Upon the Anointed One
The high priest asks Jesus if he is the "Son of the Blessed". It is possible that the high priest had actually used some form of the Holy Name here, and that later copyists changed it to "tou eulogeetou", as shown above. Matthew 26:23 in the extant manuscripts records the high priest as asking Jesus, if he was "the Son of God." Nevertheless, the High Priest was asking Jesus is he was the Son of God, as had been reported to him. Some make much ado about Jesus' being Son of God, as they would add to the scriptures that his being Son of God means that Jesus is God Almighty. There is no scriptural reason, however, to read such a thought into the Bible. See our study: "God begets God?"
Mark 14:62
ho de ieesous eipen egw eimi kai opsesthe ton
THE BUT JESUS SAID I AM, AND YOU WILL SEE THE
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huion tou anthrwpou ek dexiwn katheemenon tees
SON OF THE MAN OUT OF RIGHT HAND [PARTS] SITTING OF THE
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dunamews kai erchomenon meta twn nephelwn tou ouranou
POWER AND COMING WITH THE CLOUDS OF THE HEAVEN.
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In verse 62, Jesus responds by saying "I am", that is, he was saying that he was the one the high priest had asked about, the Messiah, the Son of God. Some claim that Jesus was, by use of the phrase often transliterated as EGO EIMI, claiming to be EHJEH of Exodus 3:14. Or, they may claim that Jesus was saying that He was existing eternally, outside of time, or something similar. In some way, they would read into the phrase EGO EIMI that Jesus was claiming to be God Almighty. The reality is that there is nothing in the Greek phrase often transliterated as EGO EIMI that designates Jesus as being God Almighty. See our studies related to EHJEH and "I am".
Jesus speaks of himself as the son of the man, evidently, referring to himself as the promised son of the man, David. (2 Samuel 7:12-16; Psalm 132:11; Isaiah 9:7; Jeremiah 23:5; 33:15-17; Ezekiel 34:23,24; 37:25; Amos 9:11) Jesus speaks of himself as sitting at the right hand of the power. Psalm 110:1 foretells that the Messiah would sit at the right hand of Jehovah (Yahweh). It is possible that Jesus actually used some form of the God's Holy Name in reference to Psalm 110:1, and that later copyists changed the Holy Name to a form of DUNAMIS. Regardless, Jesus was indeed claiming that he was to be exalted to the right hand of Jehovah, his God, as foretold in Psalm 110:1. This is verified in Acts 2:33; 5:31; 7:55,56; Romans 8:34; Ephesians 1:20; 3:1; Hebrews 1:3,13; 8:1.
A little side note: Many commentators claim Jesus was referring to his second coming. This is correct, but we should note that it is not referring to the instant he returns, but rather to some time after he returns. Those Jews in the first century would have to be raised from the dead before they would be able to see Jesus coming in the clouds and sitting at God's right hand. The dead are not raised before Christ's return, but rather sometime after Christ has returned.
In verses 63 and 64, we find the reaction of the high priest and the Jews to what Jesus stated. Many like to read into what is stated that their reactions show that they understood Jesus was claiming to be God Almighty. The reality is that there is nothing at all in their reactions that indicate such. Some have even claimed that the only "blasphemy" that would call for death would be a claim of being God. Again, no scripture presents such an idea.
In the mind of those Jews who claimed that Jesus was a sinner man with a demon (Matthew 12:24; Mark 3:22,30; John 7:20; 8:48,52; 9:24; 10:20), Jesus' statement that they would see Jesus at God's right hand would certainly have been viewed as blasphemous.
What we do not find anywhere in the verses is any thought that Jesus claimed to be Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Nor do we find any thought that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is more than one person, etc.
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