Matthew 26:64

Verse 64. Thou hast said. This is a form of assenting or affirming. Thou hast said the truth; or, as Lu 22:70 has it, "Ye say that I am." This was not, however, said immediately. Before Jesus acknowledged himself to be the Messiah, he said to them, Lu 22:67-69 "If I tell you, ye will not believe: and if I also ask you" --i.e., propose the proofs of my mission, and require you to give your opinion of them--" ye will not answer me, nor let me go." Nevertheless. This word should have been translated moreover, or furthermore. What follows is designed to explain and give confirmation to what he had said. Sitting on the right hand of power.