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Gill's Exposition
And they said,.... That is, the council, as the Persic version reads; some of the members of the sanhedrim, or the whole body of them:
what need we any further witness? or give any further trouble…
Adam Clarke
And if I also ask you - Concerning the Christ, in case ye cannot give me such an answer as may prove I am not the Christ, ye will not let me go; for I know ye are determined to put me to death.
We are here told, as before in the other gospels,
I. How our Lord Jesus was abused by the servants of the high priest. The abjects, the rude and barbarous servants, gathered themselves together…
Cambridge Bible
if I also ask you, you will not answer This is our Lord's protest against the illegal violence of the whole proceedings.