Mark 14:55-65
Jesus Before the Sanhedrin
55 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find any. 56 Many testified falsely against him, but their statements did not agree.
57 Then some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: 58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.’” 59 Yet even then their testimony did not agree.
60 Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” 61 But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer.
Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”
62 “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
63 The high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked. 64 “You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?”
They all condemned him as worthy of death. 65 Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, “Prophesy!” And the guards took him and beat him.
John 14:5-8
Jesus the Way to God
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know[b] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
Matthew 16:13-20
Peter Declares Jesus is the Son of the Living God
13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” 20 Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
Believing in the Divine often means believing in Great Mysteries...But as I read the gospels, I believe that Jesus is Divine, even though it is a mystery to me, how He can do the things He did and does, and still lives after His death on the cross...
For those who believe that there is a purpose in life and life has meaning then God has to exist...Otherwise we are here randomly and believe that mankind got here through random chance...Both cannot be true...And if there is a God, a Creator, then He would naturally and purposely design the universe in a most organized and beautiful way...And believers would believe that God has finely tuned the earth for humans to live...
The universe and creation have multitudes of mystery...How man and woman both got here and how they got here is one of the biggest mysteries that we study and look at...How man is able to reason and see and hear and communicate with each other is another Great Mystery...For those who believe, we think there is One who has Complete Understanding and Complete Control of His created universe...And strangely enough in this mystery is where we find faith, and where we look for and to and for the Divine...
When the Disciples were being recruited by Jesus, no doubt they all believed in God...Soon they would believe in Jesus...I think all the Disciples believed in the Divine and that was just a part of reality for them...I believe to that there was this Great Mystery of the Divine, before Jesus came and dwelt on the earth...That part of reality seems to have left us, or is trying to leave us...And Jesus tried to answer as much as He could about the Mystery in a Divine Way...We, or at least I, do not know much of how He did His miracles, and I find much mystery in the many things He said in the gospels...And those who believed in Him believed both He and God were Divine...But there were those who did believe in the Mystery of God, but did not believe in Him...
Believers want to believe in Jesus and that He is the Son of God, while the non-believer does not believe that Jesus is the Son of God...This is another one of those Great Mysteries we have...And Jesus is either the Son of the Blessed One or He is not...He cannot be both of these things...He is One or the Other...So one either believes He came and dwelt on the earth and is the Way, the Truth, and the Life and the Son of God by looking and reading at what He did and does or one does not believe in Him...
In the above verses and commentary, we are looking at two questions...Who do we say God is, and who do you think the Son of Man is?...There are Mystery in the questions, but some Mysteries turn out to be reality...