Matthew 27:41

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

{G1161} Likewise 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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King James 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 man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
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 35:26 : 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion{H8799)} together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed{H8799)} with shame and dishonour that magnify{H8688)} themselves against me.
Isa 28:22 : 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith the LORD, 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 also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
Zech 11:8 : 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Mark 15:31-32 : 31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. 32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
Luke 18:32 : 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
Luke 22:52 : 52 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?
Luke 23:35 : 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.

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