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 other, the  High  Priest  arose  and  said  to  Jesus:  “Answerest  Thou nothing to  the  things  which  these  witness  against  Thee?”  Jesus was silent. Then the  High  Priest  said  to  him:  “I  adjure  Thee by the  living  God,  that  Thou  tell  us  if  Thou  be  the  Christ,  the Son of  the  living  God?”  Jesus  answered :  “Thou  hast  said  it. I say to  you,  hereafter  you  shall  see  the  Son  of  Man  sitting  at the  right  hand  of  the  power  of  God,  and  coming  in  the  clouds of heaven.”  Then  the  High  Priest  rent  his  garments,  saying: “He hath  blasphemed ;  what  further  need  have  we  of  witnesses? Behold, now  you  have  heard  the  blasphemy;  what  think  you?” They answered:  “He  is  guilty  of  death.”