Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

Bible References

The high priest

Leviticus 21:20
or a hunchback or a dwarf or a man with a defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles.
2 Kings 18:37
Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
2 Kings 19:1
As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah 36:24
Yet neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words was afraid, nor did they tear their garments.
Mark 14:63
And the high priest tore his garments and said, "What further witnesses do we need?

General references

Genesis 37:34
Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis 39:17
and she told him the same story, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me.
Mark 14:64
You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" And they all condemned him as deserving death.
Luke 22:71
Then they said, "What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips."

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