Matthew 26:68
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Matthew 26:68 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"
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World English Bible Public Domain
saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"
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King James Version Public Domain
Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
saying, “Prophesy to us, Christ. Who is the one having hit you?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
and said, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit You?”
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
and said, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit You?”
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King James Version Public Domain
Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ: who is he that struck thee?
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ: who is he that struck thee?
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
Saying, Prophecie to vs, O Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
Saying: Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who is he that struck thee?
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
saying, `Declare to us, O Christ, who he is that struck thee?'
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
saying, “Declare to us, O Christ, who he is that struck You?”
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
and said, “Prophesy to us, you Christ. Who is it that struck you?”
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
saying, “Prophesy to us, Christ. Who is the one having hit you?”
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Darby Bible Public Domain
saying, Prophesy to us, Christ, Who is it who struck thee?
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
saying, “Prophesy to us, you Messiah! Who hit you?”
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
Saying, Prophesy to us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and said, “Prophesy to us, you ‘Messiah’! Who just hit you?”
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
Be a prophet, O Christ, and say who gave you a blow!
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
saying, “Prophesy to us, yoʋ Christ! Who is it that struck yoʋ?”
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
sayinge: tell vs thou Christ who is he that smote the?
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- Appears 5× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Aorist
- Voice
- Active
- Mood
- Participle
- Case
- Nominative
- Number
- Singular
- Gender
- Masculine
Full Thayer's Definition
- λέγοντες légō G3004 “to say” Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
- προφήτευσον prophēteúō G4395 “to prophesy” Verb, Aorist, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Singular
- ἡμῖν hēmeîs G2249 “we” Personal pronoun, 1st person, Dative, Plural
- Χριστέ Christós G5547 “Christ” Noun, Vocative, Singular, Masculine
- τίς tís G5101 “who” Interrogative pronoun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- ἐστιν eimí G1510 “to be” Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- ὁ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- παίσας paíō G3817 “to strike” Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- σε sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Accusative, Singular
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 →
- 9
- words
- 9
- distinct lemmas
- Gospels
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is παίσας to strike G3817 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Greek New Testament.
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
- παίσας to strike G3817
Shared distinctive vocabulary
παίσας to strike G3817 occurs in 5 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Cross-references
10Topical passages linked to Matthew 26:68 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Luke 22:63–65 The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him.
- Mark 14:65 Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.
- 1 Peter 2:4–8 coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
- Genesis 37:19–20 They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes.
- Judges 16:25 It happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. They called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them. They set him between the pillars:
- Matthew 27:28–29 They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
- Matthew 27:39–44 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
- Mark 15:18–19 They began to salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
- John 19:2–3 The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.
- John 19:14–15 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Matthew, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 9 words (9 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is paíō (“to strike”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “to strike” (paíō) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- The word “to strike” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
- Mark 14:47 shares the word «to strike» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- Reading how Bengel's Gnomon and Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 5 words in this verse.
- 9 distinct Greek lemmas span 9 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Matthew 26:68 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.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
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
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
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.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The People's New Testament
B. W. Johnson
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
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.