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Matthew 26:66

What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

KJV

τί ὑμῖν δοκεῖ; οἱ δὲ ἀποκριθέντες εἶπον· ἔνοχος θανάτου ἐστίν.

Greek NT

quid vobis videtur ? At illi respondentes dixerunt : Reus est mortis.

Vulgate

what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.

ASV

What think you? But they answering, said: He is guilty of death.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δοκέω
dokeo
verb · 62×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἔνοχος
enochos
adjective · 10×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

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

§591Jesus asked the religious authorities of Jerusalem to believe in him because of the Father's works which he accomplished.373 But such an act of faith must go through a mysterious death to self, for a new "birth from above" under the influence of divine grace.374 Such a demand for conversion in the face of so surprising a fulfilment of the promises375 allows one to understand th…
§596The religious authorities in Jerusalem were not unanimous about what stance to take towards Jesus.380 The Pharisees threatened to excommunicate his followers.381 To those who feared that "everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation", the high priest Caiaphas replied by prophesying: "It is expedient for you that one man s…
2. And to His disciples He says these things; but to the others, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily teaching in the temple, and you laid no hold on me. See how many things He does that might awaken them. He cast them to the ground, He healed the servant's ear, He threatened them with being slain; For they shall perish with th…

Cross-references

  • Deut 21:22 — And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
  • Jer 26:11 — Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
  • John 19:7 — The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
  • Matt 20:18 — Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
  • Ps 22:7 — All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,