Luke 22:67

American Standard Version (1901)

If thou art the Christ, tell us. But he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

λέγοντες, ⋄Εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστός; εἰπὲ ἡμῖν. Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς, Ἐὰν ὑμῖν εἴπω, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε:

Transliteration

legontes, If you ei ho Christos? eipe hēmin. Eipen de autois, If hymin eipō, ou mē pisteusēte:

Grammar Details

• *legontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - saying
• *ei*: present active indicative, 2nd person singular - you are
• *ho Christos*: nominative masculine singular with article - the Christ/Messiah
• *eipe*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - tell
• *hēmin*: dative plural pronoun - to us/us
• *Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he said
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *autois*: dative masculine plural pronoun - to them
• *hymin*: dative plural pronoun - to you
• *eipō*: aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular - I tell
• *ou mē*: emphatic negation - by no means/certainly not
• *pisteusēte*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you would believe

Word Meanings

• *ei ho Christos*: are the Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
• *ou mē pisteusēte*: you would certainly not believe/you will never believe

Referenced Verses

• Matt 11:3-5 : 3 and said unto him, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.
• Matt 26:63-68 : 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. 65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy: 66 what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death. 67 Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands, 68 saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ: who is he that struck thee?
• Mark 14:61-66 : 61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and saith unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven. 63 And the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What further need have we of witnesses? 64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be worthy of death. 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the officers received him with blows of their hands. 66 And as Peter was beneath in the court, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest;
• Luke 16:31 : 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.
• John 5:39-47 : 39 Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; 40 and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life. 41 I receive not glory from men. 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves. 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44 How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that [cometh] from the only God ye seek not? 45 Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, [even] Moses, on whom ye have set your hope. 46 For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
• John 8:43-45 : 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. 45 But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.
• John 9:27-28 : 27 He answered them, I told you even now, and ye did not hear; wherefore would ye hear it again? would ye also become his disciples? 28 And they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.
• John 10:24-26 : 24 The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me. 26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.
• John 12:37-43 : 37 But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on him: 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39 For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them. 41 These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spake of him. 42 Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [it], lest they should be put out of the synagogue: 43 for they loved the glory [that is] of men more than the glory [that is] of God.