Matthew 27:41

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς ἐμπαίζοντες, μετὰ τῶν γραμματέων καὶ πρεσβυτέρων, ἔλεγον,

Transliteration

Likewise but also the archiereis empaizontes, with the grammateōn and presbyterōn, elegon,

Grammar Details

*archiereis*: nominative, masculine, plural - chief priests
*empaizontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - mocking
*grammateōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - scribes
*presbyterōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - elders
*elegon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - were saying

Word Meanings

*archiereis*: chief priests/high priests/leading priests
*empaizontes*: mocking/ridiculing/making fun of
*grammateōn*: scribes/writers/experts in law
*presbyterōn*: elders/older men/senior leaders
*elegon*: were saying/speaking [continuous action]

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 13:9 : 9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
Ps 22:12-13 : 12 Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.
Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Isa 28:22 : 22 Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.
Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith Jehovah, 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, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
Zech 11:8 : 8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
Mark 15:31-32 : 31 In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him] among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he {G1410} cannot save. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.
Luke 18:32 : 32 For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon:
Luke 22:52 : 52 And Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and elders, that were come against him, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves?
Luke 23:35 : 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.

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