The Meaning of Matthew 26:66 Explained

Matthew 26:66

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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

What  think  ye?  They answered  and  said,  He is  guilty  of death. 

What does Matthew 26:66 Mean?

Context Summary

Matthew 26:57-66 - The True Answer To False Witness
This meeting of the Jewish leaders had been hastily summoned; but their difficulty was to substantiate a charge that would warrant the death sentence. They had to go back to the beginning of Christ's ministry for the one charge that seemed sufficient for their purpose. But see John 2:19; Mark 14:58. In the meanwhile our Lord opened not His mouth. He left His reputation in the care of the Father, to whom He also committed His soul. It is a good example to follow. Do what is right and let God vindicate you!
It was only when Jesus was directly challenged as to His unique relationship to God, that He opened His lips. There is an evident reference in His words to Daniel 7:13-14. The court instantly recognized that in His reply He claimed to be equal with God. To be the Son of God was to be God. See also John 5:18. Note that word henceforth, which suggests that though it is hidden from us, the Kingdom is already set up, as was David's even when Saul was still on the throne. [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 26

1  Jesus foretells his own death
3  The rulers conspire against him
6  The woman anoints his feet
14  Judas bargains to betray him
17  Jesus eats the Passover;
26  institutes his holy supper;
30  foretells the desertion of his disciples, and Peter's denial;
36  prays in the garden;
47  and being betrayed by a kiss,
57  is carried to Caiaphas,
69  and denied by Peter

Greek Commentary for Matthew 26:66

He is worthy of death [ενοχος τανατου εστιν]
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]
Guilty of death [ἔνοχος θανάτου]
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

Mark 14:64 Guilty of death []
See on Matthew 26:66. [source]
Luke 22:67 If I tell you [Εαν υμιν ειπω]
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]
James 2:10 He is guilty [γέγονεν ἔνοχος]
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]

What do the individual words in Matthew 26:66 mean?

What you do think - And answering they said Deserving of death He is
τί ὑμῖν δοκεῖ Οἱ δὲ ἀποκριθέντες εἶπαν Ἔνοχος θανάτου ἐστίν

δοκεῖ  do  think 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: δοκέω  
Sense: to be of opinion, think, suppose.
Οἱ  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἀποκριθέντες  answering 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Passive, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root: ἀποκρίνομαι  
Sense: to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer.
εἶπαν  they  said 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: λέγω  
Sense: to speak, say.
Ἔνοχος  Deserving 
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: ἔνοχος  
Sense: bound, under obligation, subject to, liable.
θανάτου  of  death 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: θάνατος 
Sense: the death of the body.
ἐστίν  He  is 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: εἰμί  
Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.

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