Luke 22:71

They said, “Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth!”

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WEBBE

They said, “Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth!”

BSB

“Why do we need any more testimony?” they declared. “We have heard it for ourselves from His own lips.”

KJV

And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.

ASV

And they said, What further need have we of witness? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth.

BBE

And they said, What more need have we of witness? we have the very words of his mouth.

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οἱ hoi (the) G3588 δὲ de And G1161 εἶπαν eipan they said G2036 τί ti What G5101 ἔτι eti any more G2089 ἔχομεν echomen have we G2192 μαρτυρίας marturias of witness G3141 χρείαν; chreian need G5532 αὐτοὶ autoi We ourselves G846 γὰρ gar for G1063 ἠκούσαμεν ēkousamen heard [it] G191 ἀπὸ apo from G575 τοῦ tou the G3588 στόματος stomatos mouth G4750 αὐτοῦ.¶ autou of Him G846

The early church

When Christ spoke this, the company of the Pharisees were very wroth, uttering shameful words; as it follows, Then said they, What need we any further witness?
Cyril of Alexandria · d. 444Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
He knew the secrets of their hearts, that they who had not believed His works would much less believe His words. Hence it follows, And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe, &c. As if he said, There is no time left to you any longer for discourses and teaching, but hereafter shall be the time of judgment, when ye shall see Me, the Son of man, sitting on the right hand of the power of God. When then they heard this, they ought to have been afraid, but after these words they are the more frantic; as it follows, All said, &c. Whereby it is manifest, that the disobedient reap no advantage, when the more secret mysteries are revealed to them, but rather incur the heavier punishment. Wherefore such things ought to be concealed from them.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 63–71

Those that condemned Jesus for a blasphemer, were the vilest blasphemers. He referred them to his second coming, for the full proof of his being the Christ, to their confusion, since they would not admit the proof of it to their conviction. He owns himself to be the Son of God, though he knew he should suffer for it. Upon this they ground his condemnation. Their eyes being blinded, they rush on. Let us meditate on this amazing transaction, and consider Him who endured such contradiction of sinners against himself.

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Matthew 26:65–66Mark 14:63–64

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