^65 (A)Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His ^(B)blasphemy! ⁶⁶ What do you think?”

They answered and said, ^(C)“He is deserving of death.”

^67 (D)Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and ^(E)others struck Him with ^[a]the palms of their hands, ⁶⁸ saying, ^(F)“Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who struck You?”