Luke 22:65

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.

World English Bible · Public Domain

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βλασφημοῦντες

blasphēméō

G987

“to blaspheme”

Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine

Appears 34× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 9:3

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from G989

TDNT: 11:21,1

1. to speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate, blaspheme 2. to be evil spoken of, reviled, railed at

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

7: words
7: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

βλασφημοῦντες to blaspheme G987 occurs in 34 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Luke 22:65 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Matthew 12:31–32 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
Matthew 27:39 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
Luke 12:10 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
Acts 26:11 Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
1 Timothy 1:13–14 although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Notes on Luke 22:65 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Expositor's Greek Testament

ed. W. Robertson Nicoll

Luk 22:65 . ἕτερα πολλὰ , many other shameful words, filling up the time, which Lk. would rather not report particularly, even if he knew them.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

65. blasphemously] This term now bears a different meaning. Here it merely means ‘reviling Him.’

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And if I also ask you,.... Or enter into a discourse on this subject, and require an answer to the arguments, proving me to be the Messiah, or desire to know what objections can be made thereunto:

you will not answer me: fairly and directly, or go into a serious and sober conversation on this head: nor let me "go"; or dismiss me, though I should appear to be the Messiah, or ever so free from the charge of blasphemy and sedition; you are resolved, right or wrong, to detain me in bonds, and take away my life; so that it signifies nothing saying any thing to you.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

65 And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.

Ver. 65. And many other things] Shooting their sharpest arrows at him, even bearded arrows, which being once got into the flesh, cannot easily be pulled out but by tearing the flesh round about: and far worse than those shot by the Turks at the crucifix, when they sacked Constantinople, railing also, and spitting at it, and calling it the God of the Christians.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Many other things blasphemously spake they against him - The expression is remarkable. They charged him with blasphemy, because he said he was the Son of God: but the evangelist fixes that charge on them, because he really was so.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

65. βλασφημοῦντες. This term now bears a different meaning. Here it merely means ‘reviling Him,’ as in Mat 27:39.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

International Critical Commentary

65. ἕτερα πολλά . Comp. 3:18. The statemenk here is made by Lk. only. On the combination of participle and verb, describing the same action from different points of view, see Burton., § 121.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Luke, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 7 words (7 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is blasphēméō (“to blaspheme”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “to blaspheme” (blasphēméō) contribute to the verse as a whole?
Matthew 9:3 shares the word «to blaspheme» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
Reading how Expositor's Greek Testament and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
7 distinct Greek lemmas span 7 words in this verse.