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Luke 23:40

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

KJV

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ἕτερος ἐπιτιμῶν αὐτῷ ἔφη· οὐδὲ φοβῇ σὺ τὸν θεόν, ὅτι ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ κρίματι εἶ;

Greek NT

Respondens autem alter increpabat eum, dicens : Neque tu times Deum, quod in eadem damnatione es.

Vulgate

But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

ASV

But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Neither dost thou fear God, seeing; thou art under the same condemnation?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
κρίμα
krima
noun · 27×
οὐδέ
oude
conjunction · 137×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπιτιμάω
epitimao
verb · 29×
ἕτερος
eteros
adjective · 99×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

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

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SBLGNT: ἐπιτιμῶν αὐτῷ ἔφη | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐπιτιμῶν αὐτῷ ἔφη | RP: ἐπετίμα αὐτῷ λέγων
  • ἐπιτιμῶν αὐτῷ ἔφη — SBLGNT
  • ἐπιτιμῶν αὐτῷ ἔφη — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐπετίμα αὐτῷ λέγων — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§440Jesus accepted Peter's profession of faith, which acknowledged him to be the Messiah, by announcing the imminent Passion of the Son of Man.40 He unveiled the authentic content of his messianic kingship both in the transcendent identity of the Son of Man "who came down from heaven", and in his redemptive mission as the suffering Servant: "The Son of Man came not to be served but…
§2266The State's effort to contain the spread of behaviors injurious to human rights and the fundamental rules of civil coexistence corresponds to the requirement of watching over the common good. Legitimate public authority has the right and duty to inflict penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crime. the primary scope of the penalty is to redress the disorder caused by th…
§2616Prayer to Jesus is answered by him already during his ministry, through signs that anticipate the power of his death and Resurrection: Jesus hears the prayer of faith, expressed in words (the leper, Jairus, the Canaanite woman, the good thief)84 or in silence (the bearers of the paralytic, the woman with a hemorrhage who touches his clothes, the tears and ointment of the sinful…
2. And yet who would not have been moved by the multitude that was following Him, and lamenting Him? Nay, not these wild beasts. Wherefore also He to the multitude vouchsafes an answer, but to these men not so. For after having done what they would, they endeavor also to injure His honor, fearing His resurrection. Therefore they say these things publicly, and crucified thieves …

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 28:22 — And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
  • Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
  • Jer 5:3 — O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder t
  • Job 6:14 — To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
  • John 6:37 — All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
  • Luke 12:5 — But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
  • Luke 18:13 — And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
  • Matt 15:27 — And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
  • Matt 20:9 — And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
  • Ps 36:1 — The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
  • Rev 15:4 — Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.