22:65

And they said many other blasphemous things against Him: In Greek this clause is more literally “And they said many other things against him, blaspheming him” (English Standard Version). The form of the verb said shows that the guards continued to insult and mock Jesus for some time. Some other ways to translate the clause are:

They kept on insulting Jesus in many other ways. (Contemporary English Version)
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And they said many other things to mock him and laugh at him.

In some languages there may be idioms to describe this type of ongoing mockery. For example:

And they hurled all sorts of terrible insults at him.
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And so they went on heaping insults upon him. (Revised English Bible)

blasphemous: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible literally translates as blasphemous is the same word that is used for blaspheming God. Luke may have implied that by insulting Jesus in those ways, they were insulting God himself. If you have a word that is used for insulting both God and human beings, it may fit here. Otherwise, you may use a word that refers to insulting human beings. Here is another way to translate this:

And they threw all sorts of terrible insults at him. (New Living Translation (1996))

Section Group

22:66–23:25

Leaders put Jesus on trial and condemned him to die

Luke indicates that Jesus had several trials. These trials can also be considered to be several parts of the same trial. Luke recorded the details of four of these trials. The chart here lists them according to who was leading at each trial:

22:66–71
the Jewish council

23:1–5
Pilate

23:6–12
Herod

23:13–25
Pilate again

In all of Jesus’ trials, there was no one who could prove that Jesus had broken any law of God or man. However, even though he had not done anything wrong, the Roman governor Pilate sentenced him to die on a cross.

The Notes suggest a section heading for each of the trials in the chart. However, you may decide to have one heading for Section Group 22:66–23:25 like the one suggested in the Section Group box above. Another example of a heading for this section group is:

The leaders tried and condemned Jesus

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