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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.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐρωτάω
erotao
verb · 65×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐρωτᾷς ἐρώτησον ; | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐρωτᾷς; ἐρώτησον | RP: ἐπερωτᾷς; Ἐπερώτησον
  • ἐρωτᾷς ἐρώτησον ;SBLGNT
  • ἐρωτᾷς; ἐρώτησονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐπερωτᾷς; ἘπερώτησονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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;