John 18:21
Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
KJV
τί με ἐρωτᾷς; ἐρώτησον τοὺς ἀκηκοότας τί ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς· ἴδε οὗτοι οἴδασιν ἃ εἶπον ἐγώ.
Greek NT
Quid me interrogas ? interroga eos qui audierunt quid locutus sim ipsis : ecce hi sciunt quæ dixerim ego.
Vulgate
Why askest thou me? ask them that have heard me, what I spake unto them: behold, these know the things which I said.
ASV
Why askest thou me? Ask them who have heard what I have spoken unto them. Behold they know what things I have said.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἐρωτᾷς ἐρώτησον ; — SBLGNT
- ἐρωτᾷς; ἐρώτησον — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐπερωτᾷς; Ἐπερώτησον — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 24:12 — And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
- Luke 22:67 — Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
- Mark 14:55 — And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
- Matt 26:59 — Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;