Matthew 27:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out all the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ ἡγεμὼν ἔφη, Τί γὰρ, κακὸν ἐποίησεν; Οἱ δὲ περισσῶς ἔκραζον, λέγοντες, Σταυρωθήτω.

Transliteration

The de hēgemōn ephē, What gar, kakon has he epoiēsen? They de perissōs ekrazon, legontes, Staurōthētō.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *hēgemōn*: nominative, masculine, singular - governor
• *ephē*: imperfect, 3rd singular, active - was saying/said
• *ti*: accusative, neuter, singular - what
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for
• *kakon*: accusative, neuter, singular - evil
• *epoiēsen*: aorist, 3rd singular, active - he did
• *perissōs*: adverb - exceedingly/abundantly
• *ekrazon*: imperfect, 3rd plural, active - were crying out
• *legontes*: present participle, nominative, masculine, plural, active - saying
• *Staurōthētō*: aorist imperative, 3rd singular, passive - let him be crucified

Word Meanings

• *Ti gar kakon epoiēsen*: Why, what evil has he done?
• *perissōs*: all the more/exceedingly
• *ekrazon*: were crying out/shouting
• *Staurōthētō*: Let him be crucified!/Crucify him!

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But he said, 'Why? What evil has He done?' Yet they kept shouting all the more, 'Let Him be crucified!'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then sayde the debite: what evyll hath he done? And they cryed the more sayinge: let him be crucified.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The debyte saide: What euell hath he done the? Neuertheles they cried yet more and sayde, let him be crucified.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then saide the gouernour, But what euill hath he done? Then they cryed the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The deputie sayde: What euyll hath he done? But they cryed the more, saying: let hym be crucified.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the governor said, `Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they gave loud cries, saying, To the cross with him!

• World English Bible (2000)

  But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He asked,“Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,“Crucify him!”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 37:18-19 : 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him. 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer comes.
• 1 Sam 19:3-9 : 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; and what I observe, that I will tell you. 4 And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have been very good toward you: 5 For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 6 And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, As the LORD lives, he shall not be killed. 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past. 8 And there was war again; and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. 9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand; and David played music with his hand. 10 And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he drove the javelin into the wall; and David fled and escaped that night. 11 Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning; and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed. 12 So Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for its head, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.
• 1 Sam 20:31-33 : 31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the ground, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die. 32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be slain? What has he done? 33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him, whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to slay David.
• 1 Sam 22:14-19 : 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house? 15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? Far be it from me: let not the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for your servant knew nothing of all this, little or much. 16 And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house. 17 And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to attack the priests of the LORD. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and attack the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five persons that wore a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, and oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
• Matt 21:38-39 : 38 But when the vine dressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance. 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
• Acts 7:57 : 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord,
• Acts 17:5-7 : 5 But the Jews who did not believe, moved with envy, took certain troublemakers from the marketplace, and gathered a mob, set all the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These who have turned the world upside down have come here too; 7 Jason has welcomed them: and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.
• Acts 21:28-31 : 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: and furthermore he brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place. 29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) 30 And all the city was disturbed, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and immediately the doors were shut. 31 And as they went about to kill him, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
• Acts 22:22-23 : 22 And they listened to him until this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a person from the earth, for it is not fit for him to live. 23 And as they cried out and threw off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
• Acts 23:10 : 10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing that Paul might be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
• Acts 23:12-15 : 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And there were more than forty who formed this conspiracy. 14 They came to the chief priests and elders and said, We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now therefore, you with the council suggest to the chief captain that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more accurately about him; and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him.