And if I ask you a question, you will not answer.
We are here told, as before in the other gospels, I. How our Lord Jesus was abused by the servants of the high priest. The abjects, the rude and barbarous servants, gathered themselves together against him. They that held Jesus, that had him in custody till the court sat, they mocked him, and smote him (Luk 22:63), they would not allow him to repose himself...
Commenting on Luke 22:63-71
And they said,.... That is, the council, as the Persic version reads; some of the members of the sanhedrim, or the whole body of them: what need we any further witness? or give any further trouble in getting witnesses, and hearing them: for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth: his blasphemy, and what amounts to a sufficient charge of that kind; upon which...
And if I also ask you - Concerning the Christ, in case ye cannot give me such an answer as may prove I am not the Christ, ye will not let me go; for I know ye are determined to put me to death.