John 18:21
Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
John 18:21 in other translations
| BSB | Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.” |
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| WEB | Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, they know the things which I said.” |
| ASV | Why askest thou me? ask them that have heard me, what I spake unto them: behold, these know the things which I said. |
| YLT | why me dost thou question? question those having heard what I spake to them; lo, these have known what I said.' |
| DARBY | Why demandest thou of me? Demand of those who have heard, what I have spoken to them; behold, they know what I have said. |
| BBE | Why are you questioning me? put questions to my hearers about what I have said to them: they have knowledge of what I said. |
| Webster | Why dost thou ask me? ask them who heard me, what I have said to them: behold, they know what I have said. |
What does John 18:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 18:19-21
19-21. The high priest ... asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine--probably to entrap Him into some statements which might be used against Him at the trial. From our Lord's answer it would seem that "His disciples" were understood to be some secret party. (Also see on Mr 14:54.)
Barnes' Notes
1st. That, though Jesus was willing to be reviled and persecuted, yet he also insisted that justice should be done him.
2nd. He was conscious of innocence, and he had been so open in his conduct that he could appeal to the vast multitudes which had heard him as witnesses in his favour.
3rd. It is proper for us, when persecuted and reviled, meekly but firmly to insist on our rights, and to demand that justice shall be done us. Laws are made to protect the innocent as well as to condemn the guilty.
4th. Christians, like their Saviour, should so live that they may confidently appeal to all who have known them as witnesses of the sincerity, purity, and rectitude of their lives, 1Pet 4:13-16.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 18:13-27
Simon Peter denied his Master. The particulars have been noticed in the remarks on the other Gospels. The beginning of sin is as the letting forth of water. The sin of lying is a fruitful sin; one lie needs another to support it, and that another. If a call to expose ourselves to danger be clear, we may hope God will enable us to honour him; if it be not, we may fear that God will leave us to shame ourselves. They…
John 18:21 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 18:21
- Luke 22:67
Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
- Mark 14:55-59
And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. …
- Matthew 26:59-60
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
- Acts 24:18-20
Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me. Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
- Acts 24:12-13
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
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Context
- John 18:20
Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
- John 18:21
Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
- John 18:22
And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
John 18:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Qué me preguntas á mí? Pregunta á los que han oído, qué les haya yo hablado: he aquí, ésos saben lo que yo he dicho. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Pourquoi m’interroges-tu? Interroge sur ce que je leur ai dit ceux qui m’ont entendu; voilà, ils savent, eux, ce que moi j’ai dit. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | was fragst du mich? Frage die, welche gehört, was ich zu ihnen geredet habe; siehe, diese wissen, was ich gesagt habe. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quid me interrogas? interroga eos qui audierunt quid locutus sim ipsis: ecce hi sciunt quæ dixerim ego. |