Luke 22:67

Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Art	εἰ ei	G1487	if · conditional particle
thou	σὺ su	G4771	thou · personal pronoun — 2nd person nominative singular
Christ	χριστός, christos	G5547	anointed · noun — nominative singular masculine, a title
tell	εἰπὸν eipon	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular
us	ἡμῖν hēmîn	G2254	to (or for
And	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
said	εἶπεν eipen	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
them	αὐτοῖς· autois	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative plural masculine
If I	ἐὰν ean	G1437	a conditional particle · conditional particle
tell	εἴπω, eipō	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular
you	ὑμῖν hymîn	G5213	to (with or by) you
ye will	πιστεύσητε. pisteusēte	G4100	to have faith (in · verb — aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural
not	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
believe	πιστεύω pisteúō	G4100	to have faith (in

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Cross-references

Matthew 11:3-5 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
Matthew 26:63-68 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be…
Mark 14:61-66 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed…
Luke 16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
John 5:39-47 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
John 8:43-45 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
John 9:27-28 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
John 10:24-26 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 22:63–end

We are here told, as before in the other gospels, I. How our Lord Jesus was abused by the servants of the high priest. The abjects, the rude and barbarous servants, gathered themselves together against him. They that held Jesus, that had him in custody till the court sat, they mocked him, and smote him (Luk 22:63), they would not allow him to repose himself one minute, though he had had no sleep all night, nor to compose himself, though he was hurried to his trial, and no time given him to prepare for it. They made sport with him: this sorrowful night to him shall be a merry night to them; and the blessed Jesus, like Samson, is made the fool in the play. They hood-winked him, and then, accor…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 22:62

And Peter went out, and wept bitterly--(Also see on Mar 14:72.) Next: Luke Chapter 23

Adam Clarke on Luke 22:63

Mocked him, and smote him - This and the following verses are placed by Matthew and Mark before the relation of Peter's denial. For their explanation, see on Mat 26:67, Mat 26:68 (note).

John Gill on Luke 22:67

Saying, art thou the Christ,.... The Messiah, promised and prophesied of by Moses, and all the prophets, and long expected by us: "tell us". The Ethiopic version adds, openly; tell us frankly, freely, plainly, as in John 10:24. And he said unto them, if I tell you, you will not believe. The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "will not believe me"; neither what he said, nor that he was the Messiah; they were determined not to believe in him, and receive him as such; their unbelief was wilful, obstinate, and invincible: they were proof against all arguments, evidence, and demonstration itself.

John Calvin on Luke 22:63–end

Luke 22:63-71 Matthew 26:62-68 Mark 14:60-65 Luke 22:63-71 62. And the high priest, rising up, said to him, [227] Answerest thou nothing? What is it that those men testify against thee? 63. And Jesus was silent. And the high priest answering said to him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou art the Christ, the Son of God. 64. Jesus saith to him, Thou hast said it; but yet I tell you, hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 65. Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath blasphemed; what further need have we of witnesses? lo now you have heard his blasphemy. 66. What think you? And they…

The Church Fathers

But even if he had told them, he would yet have to suffer. For he said, "If I tell you, ye will not believe." And refusing to believe, they would have continued to insist on his death.
— Tertullian, Against Marcion Book IV

They wished not for truth, but were contriving calumny. Because they expected that Christ would come only as man, of the root of David, they sought this of Him, that if He should say, "I am the Christ," they might falsely accuse Him of claiming to Himself the kingly power.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

And when day came, the elders of the people, and the chief priests, and the scribes, gathered together, and led him into their council, saying: If you are the Christ, tell us. They did not desire the truth, but were preparing a calumny. For thinking that the Christ would come only as a man from the lineage of David, just as they replied to him in another place when he questioned them, this they asked him greatly, so that if he said, I am the Christ (as they only conceived), from the seed of David, they would calumniate that he arrogated to himself royal power.
— Bede, On the Gospel of Luke

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Dictionary and topics

Court · .COMPOSITION OF, AND MO — .COMPOSITION OF, AND MO
Indictments · First, of blasphemy — First, of blasphemy
Prisoners · Jesus — Jesus
Unbelief · 5:12-14; — 5:12-14;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 22:63–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 22:62

Adam Clarke on Luke 22:63

John Gill on Luke 22:67

John Calvin on Luke 22:63–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 22:63–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 22:62

Adam Clarke on Luke 22:63

John Gill on Luke 22:67

John Calvin on Luke 22:63–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 22:67-68