Luke 22:52

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς τοὺς παραγενομένους ἐπʼ αὐτὸν, ἀρχιερεῖς, καὶ στρατηγοὺς τοῦ ἱεροῦ, καὶ πρεσβυτέρους, Ὡς ἐπὶ λῃστὴν, ἐξεληλύθατε, μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων;

Transliteration

Eipen de the Iēsous pros the having come ep' him, archiereis, and stratēgous tou hierou, and presbyterous, As epi lēstēn, have you come out, with machairōn and xylōn?

Grammar Details

*Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
*Iēsous*: nominative masculine singular - Jesus
*pros*: preposition with accusative - to/toward
*ep'*: preposition (shortened form of *epi*) with accusative - against
*archiereis*: accusative masculine plural - chief priests
*stratēgous*: accusative masculine plural - captains/officers
*tou hierou*: genitive neuter singular - of the temple
*presbyterous*: accusative masculine plural - elders
*epi lēstēn*: preposition with accusative masculine singular - against a robber/thief
*exelēlythate*: perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural - you have come out
*machairōn*: genitive feminine plural - swords
*xylōn*: genitive neuter plural - clubs/staves

Word Meanings

*lēstēn*: robber/thief/bandit/revolutionary
*stratēgous tou hierou*: temple officers/captains of the temple guard
*xylōn*: wooden clubs/staves/poles

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Referenced Verses

Luke 22:4 : 4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
John 17:12 : 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Acts 5:26 : 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Matt 26:55 : 55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
Mark 14:48-49 : 48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? 49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.
2 Kgs 11:15 : 15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

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