Luke 22:67

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They said, 'If you are the Messiah, tell us.' Jesus answered, 'If I tell you, you will not believe me.

📖 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

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Are you the Christ? Tell us. And he said to them, If I tell you, you will not believe:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  If thou art the Christ, tell us. But he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not {G3756} believe:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  {G1487} Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  arte thou very Christ? tell vs. And he sayde vnto the: yf I shall tell you ye will not beleve

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Art thou Christ? Tell vs. But he sayde vnto them: Yf I tell you, ye wyl not beleue:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Saying, Art thou that Christ? tell vs; he said vnto them, If I tell you, ye wil not beleeue it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Art thou very Christe, tell vs? And he sayde vnto them: If I tell you, you wyll not beleue:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you won't believe,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  saying, `If thou be the Christ, tell us.' And he said to them, `If I may tell you, ye will not believe;

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If you are the Christ, say so. But he said, If I say so you will not have belief;

• World English Bible (2000)

  "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you won't believe,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and said,“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them,“If I tell you, you will not believe,

Referenced Verses

• Matt 11:3-5 : 3 "Are You the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?" 4 And Jesus responded to them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.
• Matt 26:63-68 : 63 But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, "I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God." 64 Jesus said to him, "You have said so. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven." 65 Then the high priest tore his garments and said, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. 66 What is your judgment?" They answered, "He is guilty and deserves death." 67 Then they spat in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him, 68 mocking and saying, "Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit you?"
• Mark 14:61-66 : 61 But he remained silent and gave no answer. Again, the high priest asked him, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?" 62 Jesus said, "I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven." 63 The high priest tore his clothes and said, "Why do we need any more witnesses? 64 You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?" And they all condemned him as deserving of death. 65 Then some began to spit on him. They blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy!" And the guards took him and beat him. 66 While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by.
• Luke 16:31 : 31 But Abraham said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'
• John 5:39-47 : 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; yet it is they that testify about me. 40 But you are unwilling to come to me so that you may have life. 41 I do not accept glory from people. 42 But I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you. 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. But if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the one and only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. 47 But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?
• John 8:43-45 : 43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word. 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.
• John 9:27-28 : 27 He replied, 'I already told you, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?' 28 They ridiculed him and said, 'You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!'
• John 10:24-26 : 24 The Jews gathered around him and said, 'How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.' 25 Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name testify about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.
• John 12:37-43 : 37 Though He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said: "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" 39 This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said: 40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them." 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him. 42 Nevertheless, many even among the rulers believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees, they did not confess Him, so that they would not be expelled from the synagogue. 43 For they loved the approval of people more than the approval of God.