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Luke 22:52

Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

KJV

εἶπεν δὲ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς τοὺς παραγενομένους πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ στρατηγοὺς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ πρεσβυτέρους· ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν ἐξεληλύθατε μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων·

Greek NT

Dixit autem Jesus ad eos qui venerant ad se principes sacerdotum, et magistratus templi, et seniores : Quasi ad latronem existis cum gladiis et fustibus ?

Vulgate

And Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and elders, that were come against him, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves?

ASV

And Jesus said to the chief priests and magistrates of the temple and the ancients, that were come unto him: Are ye come out, as it were against a thief, with swords and clubs?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λῃστής
lestes
noun · 15×
μάχαιρα
machaira
noun · 29×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
ξύλον
xulon
noun · 20×
παραγίνομαι
paraginomai
verb · 38×
πρεσβύτερος
presbuteros
adjective · 67×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
στρατηγός
strategos
noun · 10×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἱερόν
ieron
noun · 72×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: δὲ | RP: + ὁ
  • δὲSBLGNT
  • δὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὁRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐξήλθατε | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐξήλθατε | RP: ἐξεληλύθατε
  • ἐξήλθατεSBLGNT
  • ἐξήλθατεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐξεληλύθατεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 5:26 — Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
  • John 17:12 — While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
  • Luke 22:4 — And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
  • Mark 14:48 — And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
  • Mark 14:48 — And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
  • Matt 21:39 — And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
  • Matt 26:55 — In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.