Matthew 28:14
And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
KJV
καὶ ἐὰν ἀκουσθῇ τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος, ἡμεῖς πείσομεν καὶ ὑμᾶς ἀμερίμνους ποιήσομεν.
Greek NT
Et si hoc auditum fuerit a præside, nos suadebimus ei, et securos vos faciemus.
Vulgate
And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of care.
ASV
And if the governor shall hear of this, we will persuade him and secure you.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πείθω
peitho
verb · 52×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀμέριμνος
amerimnos
adjective · 2×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἡγεμών
egemon
noun · 20×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἐπὶ | WH/NIV/RP: ἐπὶ | Treg: ὑπὸ
- ἐπὶ — SBLGNT
- ἐπὶ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ὑπὸ — Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτὸν | Treg/NIV/RP: αὐτὸν
- αὐτὸν — SBLGNT
- αὐτὸν — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§640"Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen."492 The first element we encounter in the framework of the Easter events is the empty tomb. In itself it is not a direct proof of Resurrection; the absence of Christ's body from the tomb could be explained otherwise.493 Nonetheless the empty tomb was still an essential sign for all. Its discovery by the …
Cross-references
- Matt 27:2 — And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.