66 And when it became day there was gathered together the eldership of the people, chief priests also, and scribes, and they led him up to their own sanhedrim, 67 saying, 'If thou be the Christ, tell us.' And he said to them, 'If I may tell you, ye will not believe; 68 and if I also question 'you', ye will not answer me or send me away; 69 henceforth, there shall be the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power of God.' 70 And they all said, 'Thou, then, art the Son of God?' and he said unto them, 'Ye say 'it', because I am;' 71 and they said, 'What need yet have we of testimony? for we ourselves did hear 'it' from his mouth.'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 22:66-71
Commentary on Luke 22:63-71
(Read Luke 22:63-71)
Those that condemned Jesus for a blasphemer, were the vilest blasphemers. He referred them to his second coming, for the full proof of his being the Christ, to their confusion, since they would not admit the proof of it to their conviction. He owns himself to be the Son of God, though he knew he should suffer for it. Upon this they ground his condemnation. Their eyes being blinded, they rush on. Let us meditate on this amazing transaction, and consider Him who endured such contradiction of sinners against himself.