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Summary
Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
The high priest
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Bible References
The high priest
Leviticus 21:20
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2 Kings 18:37
Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
2 Kings 19:1 And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 36:24
Yet the king and all his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.
Mark 14:63 Tearing his clothes, the high priest *said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?
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Genesis 37:34
So Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis 39:17
Then she spoke to him with these words, “The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to make sport of me;
Mark 14:64
You have heard the blasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death.
Luke 22:71
Then they said, “What further need do we have of testimony? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth.”