Luke 22 · Verse 66

Luke 22:66

And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
Luke 22:66, King James Version

Luke 22:66 in other translations

BSBAt daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,
WEBAs soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people were gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,
ASVAnd as soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into their council, saying,
YLTAnd when it became day there was gathered together the eldership of the people, chief priests also, and scribes, and they led him up to their own sanhedrim,
DARBYAnd when it was day, the elderhood of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, were gathered together, and led him into their council, saying,
BBEAnd when it was day, the rulers of the people came together, with the chief priests and the scribes, and they took him before their Sanhedrin, saying,
WebsterAnd as soon as it was day, the elders of the people, and the chief priests, and the scribes came together, and led him into their council,

What does Luke 22:66 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 66.

(n) "And as soon as it was day" Mt 27:1, Acts 4:26-28

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 22:63-71

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…

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Luke 22:66 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
ὡςhōswhenG5613
ἐγένετοegenetoit becameG1096
ἡμέρα,hēmeraday,G2250
συνήχθηsunēchthēwere gathered togetherG4863
τὸtotheG3588
πρεσβυτέριονpresbuterionelderhoodG4244
τοῦtouof theG3588
λαοῦ,laoupeople,G2992
ἀρχιερεῖςarchiereischief priestsG749
τεtebothG5037
καὶkaiandG2532
γραμματεῖς,grammateisscribes,G1122
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀπήγαγονapēgagonthey led awayG520
αὐτὸνautonHimG846
εἰςeisintoG1519
τὸtotheG3588
συνέδριονsunedrioncouncilG4892
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 22:66

  • Matthew 27:1

    When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

  • Mark 15:1

    And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

  • Acts 22:5

    As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.

  • Matthew 5:22

    But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

  • Acts 4:25-28

    Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

  • John 18:28

    Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

  • Psalms 2:1-3

    Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as soon.
Mt 27:1; Mr 15:1
elders.
Ps 2:1-3; Ac 4:25-28; 22:5

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Context

  • Luke 22:65

    And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.

  • Luke 22:66

    And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

  • Luke 22:67

    Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

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Luke 22:66 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y cuando fué de día, se juntaron los ancianos del pueblo, y los príncipes de los sacerdotes, y los escribas, y le trajeron á su concilio,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quand le jour fut venu, le corps des anciens du peuple, principaux sacrificateurs et scribes, s’assembla; et ils l’amenèrent dans leur sanhédrin,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als es Tag wurde, versammelte sich die Ältestenschaft des Volkes, sowohl Hohepriester als Schriftgelehrte, und führten ihn hin in ihr Synedrium
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ut factus est dies, convenerunt seniores plebis, et principes sacerdotum, et scribæ, et duxerunt illum in concilium suum, dicentes: Si tu es Christus, dic nobis.