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Mark 14:51-53
EasyEnglish Bible
Mark 14:51-53
EasyEnglish Bible
51 A certain young man was following Jesus.[a] He was wearing only one piece of linen cloth to cover himself. The men tried to take hold of this young man. 52 But the young man left the piece of cloth behind and he ran away. So when he ran away, he was not wearing anything.
The most important priest asks Jesus questions
53 The men took Jesus to the house of the most important priest. All the leaders of the priests met together there with the important Jews and with the teachers of God's Law.[b]
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- 14:51 We think that this young man was called Mark. Mark wrote this book.
- 14:53 The most important priest was called Caiaphas. When all these important Jews met together, they were called the Sanhedrin. They decided together about how to rule the people. There were 71 men in the Sanhedrin. They had a lot of power, but they could not punish a guilty person with death. Only the Roman rulers could do that.
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