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Matthew 27:22

Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.

KJV

λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Πειλᾶτος· τί οὖν ποιήσω Ἰησοῦν τὸν λεγόμενον Χριστόν; λέγουσιν πάντες· σταυρωθήτω.

Greek NT

Dicit illis Pilatus : Quid igitur faciam de Jesu, qui dicitur Christus ?

Vulgate

Pilate saith unto them, What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.

ASV

Pilate saith to them: What shall I do then with Jesus that is called Christ? They say all: Let him be crucified.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People JesusPontius Pilate

In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πιλᾶτος
pilatos
noun · 55×
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σταυρόω
stauroo
verb · 46×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

notable
SBLGNT: λέγουσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγουσιν | RP: + αὐτῷ
  • λέγουσινSBLGNT
  • λέγουσινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὐτῷRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

'When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.' See Matt. xxvii. 1. They did not wait for accusers; they took counsel among themselves, being both judges and accusers at once. And they bound Him and led Him away to Pontius Pilate the governor. See Matt. xxvii. 2. Why did they not slay Him themselves? In…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 30:6 — And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the
  • 2Sam 15:13 — And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
  • Acts 13:28 — And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
  • Acts 13:38 — Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
  • Isa 49:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worshi
  • Isa 53:2 — For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
  • John 19:14 — And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
  • Mark 9:30 — And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.
  • Matt 1:16 — And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.