KJV: What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
YLT: what think ye?' and they answering said, 'He is worthy of death.'
Darby: What think ye? And they answering said, He is liable to the penalty of death.
ASV: what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.
δοκεῖ | do think |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: δοκέω Sense: to be of opinion, think, suppose. |
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Οἱ | - |
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ἀποκριθέντες | answering |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Passive, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἀποκρίνομαι Sense: to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer. |
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εἶπαν | they said |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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Ἔνοχος | Deserving |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἔνοχος Sense: bound, under obligation, subject to, liable. |
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θανάτου | of death |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: θάνατος Sense: the death of the body. |
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ἐστίν | He is |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: εἰμί Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present. |
Greek Commentary for Matthew 26:66
Held in the bonds of death The dative expresses liability as in Matthew 5:21 They took the vote though it was at night and they no longer had the power of death since the Romans took it away from them. Death was the penalty of blasphemy (Leviticus 24:15). But they enjoyed taking it as their answer to his unanswerable speeches in the temple that dreadful Tuesday a few days before. It was unanimous save that Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus did not agree. They were probably absent and not even invited as being under suspicion for being secret disciples of Christ. [source]
Rev., worthy of death. See on Matthew 23:18. ἐν , in, ἔχω , to hold. The idea is, literally, holden of death; in bonds to death. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Matthew 26:66
See on Matthew 26:66. [source]
Condition of the third class, undetermined, but with likelihood of being determined. This is the second appearance of Jesus before the Sanhedrin merely mentioned by Mark 15:1; Matthew 27:1 who give in detail the first appearance and trial. Luke merely gives this so-called ratification meeting after daybreak to give the appearance of legality to their vote of condemnation already taken (Mark 14:64; Matthew 26:66).Ye will not believe (ου μη πιστευσητε ou mē pisteusēte). Double negative with the aorist subjunctive, strongest possible negative. So as to Luke 22:68. [source]
Lit., he is become guilty. Ἔνοχος , guilty, is, strictly, holden; within the condemning power of. Compare Matthew 26:66; Mark 3:29; 1 Corinthians 11:27. Huther cites a Talmudic parallel: “But if he perform all, but omit one, he is guilty of every single one.” [source]