Luke 22:71
And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.
KJV
οἱ δὲ εἶπαν· τί ἔτι ἔχομεν μαρτυρίας χρείαν; αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἠκούσαμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
At illi dixerunt : Quid adhuc desideramus testimonium ? ipsi enim audivimus de ore ejus.
Vulgate
And they said, What further need have we of witness? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth.
ASV
And they said: What need we any further testimony? For we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μαρτυρία
marturia
noun · 37×
στόμα
stoma
noun · 78×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
χρεία
chreia
noun · 49×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἔτι
eti
adverb · 94×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ἔχομεν μαρτυρίας χρείαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔχομεν μαρτυρίας χρείαν | RP: χρείαν ἔχομεν μαρτυρίας
- ἔχομεν μαρτυρίας χρείαν — SBLGNT
- ἔχομεν μαρτυρίας χρείαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- χρείαν ἔχομεν μαρτυρίας — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Mark 14:63 — Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
- Matt 26:65 — Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.