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Luke 23:21

But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.

KJV

οἱ δὲ ἐπεφώνουν λέγοντες· σταύρου, σταύρου αὐτόν.

Greek NT

At illi succlamabant, dicentes : Crucifige, crucifige eum.

Vulgate

but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him.

ASV

But they cried again, saying: Crucify him, Crucify him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
σταυρόω
stauroo
verb · 46×
ἐπιφωνέω
epiphoneo
verb · 4×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: Σταύρου σταύρου | WH/Treg/NIV: Σταύρου σταύρου | RP: Σταύρωσον σταύρωσον
  • Σταύρου σταύρουSBLGNT
  • Σταύρου σταύρουWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Σταύρωσον σταύρωσονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …

Cross-references

  • Acts 13:28 — And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
  • Ps 35:12 — They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.