RE: Mark 14:61. But he was silent, and answered nothing. Again, the high priest questioned him, and told him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed?”
Jim,
Regarding your question about the “told him” in our translation of Mark 14:61, I have checked, and that is an accurate translation. In Matthew 26:63, which describes the same scene, the high priest “answered and said”, but here in Mark, the high priest “questioned him and told him”. That difference in translation reflects the different verbs involved.
Admittedly, Mark 14:61 is a little awkward, but I decided some years ago that in our translation of the gospels, we would compare the gospels in detail where they tell the same stories, and so, produce a translation which reflects such grammatical subtleties as that. That is certainly not the only way to produce a good translation, but it is the path we chose.
Thank you for the question.
Pastor John