Luke 22:66

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And as soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into their council, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ ὡς ἐγένετο ἡμέρα, συνήχθη τὸ πρεσβυτέριον τοῦ λαοῦ, ἀρχιερεῖς τε καὶ γραμματεῖς καὶ ἀνήγαγον αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ συνέδριον αὐτῶν,

Transliteration

And as egeneto hēmera, synēchthē to presbyterion tou laou, archiereis te kai grammateis and anēgagon auton eis to synedrion autōn,

Grammar Details

• *egeneto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - became/came
• *hēmera*: nominative feminine singular - day
• *synēchthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was assembled
• *to presbyterion*: nominative neuter singular - the council of elders
• *tou laou*: genitive masculine singular - of the people
• *archiereis*: nominative masculine plural - chief priests
• *te kai*: conjunctions - both and
• *grammateis*: nominative masculine plural - scribes
• *anēgagon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - led up/brought
• *auton*: accusative masculine singular pronoun - him
• *eis*: preposition with accusative - into/to
• *to synedrion*: accusative neuter singular - the council/Sanhedrin
• *autōn*: genitive plural pronoun - their

Word Meanings

• *egeneto hēmera*: day came/day dawned/it became day
• *presbyterion*: council of elders/assembly of elders
• *synedrion*: council/Sanhedrin/supreme court

Referenced Verses

• Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
• Mark 15:1 : 1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
• Acts 22:5 : 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and journeyed to Damascus to bring them also that were there unto Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
• Acts 4:25-28 : 25 who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed: 27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, 28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
• Matt 5:22 : 22 but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.
• Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying], 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
• John 18:28 : 28 They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.