Luke 23:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ δὲ ἐπέκειντο φωναῖς μεγάλαις, αἰτούμενοι αὐτὸν σταυρωθῆναι. Καὶ κατίσχυον αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν ἀρχιερέων.

Transliteration

Hoi de epekeinto phōnais megalais, aitoumenoi auton staurōthēnai. Kai katischuon hai phōnai autōn kai tōn archiereōn.

Grammar Details

*Hoi de*: nominative masculine plural article + particle - But they
*epekeinto*: imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural - were insisting/pressing
*phōnais megalais*: dative feminine plural - with loud voices
*aitoumenoi*: present middle participle, nominative masculine plural - asking/demanding
*auton*: accusative masculine singular - him
*staurōthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be crucified
*Kai*: conjunction - And
*katischuon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - prevailed/were stronger
*hai phōnai*: nominative feminine plural - the voices
*autōn*: genitive masculine plural - of them
*kai*: conjunction - and
*tōn archiereōn*: genitive masculine plural - of the chief priests

Word Meanings

*epekeinto*: were insisting/were pressing/were urging
*phōnais megalais*: with loud voices/with great shouts
*aitoumenoi*: asking/demanding/requesting
*staurōthēnai*: to be crucified/to be nailed to a cross
*katischuon*: prevailed/were stronger/overcame

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 22:12-13 : 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie{H8799)} even among them that are set on fire{H8802)}, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Zech 11:8 : 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Luke 23:5 : 5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

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