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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But He said, Thou hast said. Nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds. Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy." And this he did to add force to the accusation, and to aggravate what He said, by the act. For since what had been said moved the hearers to fear, what they did about Stephen, stopping their ears, this high priest doth here also. And yet what kind of blasphemy was this? …
Theophylact of Ohrid
At the last came two false witnesses, and said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. And the high priest arose, and said unto Him, Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee? But Jesus was silent. And the high priest answered and said unto Him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said. Truly these were false witnesses. …
Clement of Alexandria
Now, in the Gospel according to Mark, the Lord being interrogated by the chief of the priests if He was the Christ, the Son of the blessed God, answering, said, "I am; and you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power." But powers mean the holy angels. Further, when He says "at the right hand of God," He means the self-same [beings], by reason of the equality and likeness of the angelic and holy powers, which are called by the name of God. …
Western Saints
Jerome
Jesus said to him: You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you: from now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the power of God, and coming on the clouds of heaven. And against Pilate, and against Caiaphas, a similar response, so that they are condemned by their own sentence.
Thomas Aquinas
Then follows the response: Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said it. Note that when something was against him, he was silent; but as soon as the power of the Father was adjured, he responds. Hence he always sought the glory of the Father; John 8:50: I seek not my own glory. And concerning this, first the response is set forth; secondly, the manifestation. He says therefore: Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said it, which can be explained as Christ not asserting but leaving it in doubt; above at 7:6: give not that which is holy to dogs. …
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