Luke 22:63

Luke 22:63 says, And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.  The men who held Jesus thought they were in charge, so they mocked and beat Him.  Many people today believe they are in charge in their life, so they mock Jesus.  No matter how powerful we may feel, we will never be more powerful than Jesus.  Verse sixty-four adds, And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?  After blindfolding Jesus, they hit Him in the face, then told Him to tell by prophesy who had struck Him.  What they didn't realize was that He could have told them, blindfold or no blindfold.  Jesus can always see into our heart.  Verse sixty-five continues, And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.  Blasphemously speaking against Jesus was all they could do, and it is still all anyone can do today if they refuse to accept Him as their Savior and Lord.  Verse sixty-six states,And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,  As soon as it was day, the chief priests and scribes got together and led Jesus into their council.  They acted early, and it definitely was by their council, and not God's.  We will never speak against Jesus Christ by God's counsel, but we often will if we put our council above God's. Verse sixty-seven adds, Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:  The chief priests and scribes asked Jesus if He was the Christ, and He said even if He answered them they would not believe Him.  This is ultimately the choice that everyone faces.  The fact that Jesus is the Christ is already established so the question is whether we believe Him or not.  Verse sixty-eight continues, And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.  Jesus said that if He asked these religious leaders who He was, they would not answer Him, nor would they let Him go.  When people have already made up their mind about Who Jesus is, and that He is not the Savior of mankind, they will not listen to Him, no matter what He says.  Verse sixty-nine says, Hereafter shall the Son of man  sit on the right hand of the power of God.  Jesus said soon He would sit on the righthand of the power of God.  Then, they would know Who He truly is.  Verse seventy adds, Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.  The chief priests and scribes then asked Jesus if He was the Son of God,  and He said that this was what they said.  Again, this is a question that every individual must answer for themself.  Verse seventy-one states, And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.  Even though Jesus had not said that He was the Son of God, they said they needed no other witnesses, because they had heard Jesus say this Himself.  Don't be surprised if people attempt to claim that Jesus has said something that He never said.