Luke 22:67

22:67-68 If I tell you, you won’t believe me: Jesus pointed out the hypocrisy of the question. They had already made up their minds that he was not the Messiah, so it would do no good to answer.

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Luk 22:67 . εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ Χ . εἰπὸν ἡμῖν either, art Thou the Christ? tell us, or tell us whether Thou be the Christ. Christ simpliciter without any epithet as in parallels (Son of God, Son of the Blessed). εἶπε δὲ α .: Jesus first answers evasively, saying in effect: it is vain to give an answer to such people. In parallels He replies with a direct “yes” (“thou sayst,” Mt.; “I am,” Mk.).

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(67) Art thou the Christ?—St. Luke passes over the earlier stages of the trial, the false-witnesses that did not agree, the charge of threatening to destroy the Temple, and the silence of Jesus until solemnly adjured.

If I tell you, ye will not believe.—The answer is reported only by St. Luke. It is interpreted by what we find in St. John. Our Lord had told them (Joh_8:58; Joh_10:30), and they had not believed.

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67. Aid thou the Christ?] The object of the Sanhedrin was somewhat different from that of the Priests in the house of Caiaphas. They had only succeeded in establishing (by a most illegal personal appeal) a charge of constructive blasphemy. But ‘blasphemy’ was not a charge on which a Roman could pronounce capital sentence. Hence, in order to get Christ crucified, they needed a charge of treason, which might be constructed out of His claim to be the Messiah.

ye will not believe] As they had shewn already. Joh_8:59; Joh_10:31.

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Then said they all,.... The whole sanhedrim, with one voice, being greedy to lay hold on, and improve these words, that they might have something to lay to his charge:

art thou the Son of God? for they knew that the Messiah, or the son of man, that was to sit at the right hand of God, and come in the clouds of heaven, was the Son of God:

and he said unto them, ye say that I am; or rather the words may be rendered, "ye say it", and ye say right; it is the very truth: "for I am"; that is, "the Son of God", as the Ethiopic version here adds; which sense agrees with Mar 14:62 and the following words seem to require this sense and version.

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67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

Ver. 67. Here the president of the council examineth him, as Luk 22:70; the assessors.

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Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe. In his answer Jesus evidently refers to something which had preceded this interrogation on the part of the Sanhedrim He referred, no doubt, to that night examination before Caiaphas and certain chosen members of the council the meeting passed over by St. Luke, but recounted by St. Matthew and Mark. In this earlier trial, which we (see above) term the second, a similar question had been put to Jesus, but, as Lange and Stier point out, now the political significance of the charge, the claim to Messianic royalty, is brought into prominence. They were desirous to formulate an accusation which they could bring before the Roman tribunal of Pilate. The words, "Son of God," which the fury of jealous anger had wrung from Caiaphas, (Mat_26:63) is here left out of sight, and is only brought forward again by the fierce Jewish wrath excited by the Lord"s quiet words telling of his "session at the right hand" (vers. 69, 70). If I tell you, ye will not be-liege. If you, who have seen my life, have heard my words, and seen my works, believe not, to what end is it to say it again now?

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67. Art thou the Christ? He had already answered in the night and been condemned (Matt. 26:63, 64). His reply here is a protest.

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67. οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε. As they had shewn already. Joh 8:59; Joh 10:31.

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67. Εἰ σὺ εἶ ὁ χριστός, εἶπον ἡμῖν. Si tu es Christus, dic nobis (Vulg.). The εἰ is conditional, and the emphasis is on ὁ Χριστός, not on σύ. This is the simplest construction, and is adopted by Luth. Wic. Rhem. RV. De W. Schanz, Mey. Nösg. Go. Hahn, etc. Others prefer, “Art Thou the Christ? tell us” : so Erasm. Tyn. Cran. Gen. AV. Or, “Tell us whether Thou art the Christ”: Ewald and some others. The question was vital; and in the examination recorded by Mt. and Mk. it was coupled with “Art Thou the Son of God?” (ver. 70).

Ἐὰν ὑμῖν … ἀποκριθῆτε. This part of Christ’s reply is peculiar to this occasion, whereas what follows (ver. 69) is almost verbatim as in Mt. and Mk. The meaning seems to be, “If I tell you that I am the Christ, ye will assuredly not believe; and if I try to discuss the question, ye will assuredly refuse to do so.” Note that here the proceedings are conducted by the Sanhedrin as a body; not, as in the earlier trial, by the high priest alone (Mat 26:62, Mat 26:63, Mat 26:65; Mar 14:60, Mar 14:61, Mar 14:63). For the addition ἠ ἀπολύσητε see additional note at the end of ch. 23.

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