The Meaning of Luke 22:71 Explained

Luke 22:71

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

YLT: and they said, 'What need yet have we of testimony? for we ourselves did hear it from his mouth.'

Darby: And they said, What need have we any more of witness, for we have heard ourselves out of his mouth?

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

What is the context of Luke 22:71?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Luke 22:71 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The Sanhedrin recognized Jesus" statement to be an unequivocal claim to be the Son of God. This was a claim to be God. Consequently it appeared to them to be blasphemous. They now had sufficient grounds to demand the death sentence from Pilate.
Luke"s record stresses the identity of Jesus as Messiah, Son of Prayer of Manasseh , and Son of God, but also His fearless testimony to His own identity regardless of the certain consequences. Thus the writer clarified who Jesus was and presented His testifying before hostile authorities as a model for disciples to follow.

Context Summary

Luke 22:63-71 - "rejected Of Men"
This scene of mockery is very terrible. How difficult the twelve legions of angels must have found it to restrain themselves. See Matthew 26:53. Here we have an exhibition of the hidden evil of the human heart, which is drawn forth in contact with infinite purity, as the stench of stagnant water is elicited by the summer sun.
Our Lord answered not a word to all the false accusations that were leveled against Him. He left the false witnesses to refute each other. But as soon as His divine claims were challenged, He could not keep silence. It is very noticeable that, in this Gospel, which lays such stress on Christ's pure humanity, Luke makes it so clear that the unwavering affirmation of His equality with God was the cause of His death, John 5:18. Is there not a sense in which the eye of faith always beholds Him seated at the right hand of God's power? [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 22

1  The leaders conspire against Jesus
3  Satan prepares Judas to betray him
7  The apostles prepare the Passover
19  Jesus institutes his holy supper;
21  covertly foretells of the traitor;
24  rebukes the rest of his apostles from ambition;
31  assures Peter his faith should not fail;
34  and yet he should deny him thrice
39  He prays in the mount, and sweats blood;
47  is betrayed with a kiss;
50  he heals Malchus' ear;
54  he is thrice denied by Peter;
63  shamefully abused;
66  and confesses himself to be the Son of God

Greek Commentary for Luke 22:71

For we ourselves have heard [αυτοι γαρ ηκουσαμεν]
They were right if Jesus is not what he claimed to be. They were eternally wrong for he is the Christ, the Son of man, the Son of God. They made their choice and must face Christ as Judge. [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 22:71 mean?

- And they said What any more have we of witness need We ourselves for have heard [it] from the mouth of Him
Οἱ δὲ εἶπαν Τί ἔτι ἔχομεν μαρτυρίας χρείαν αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἠκούσαμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ

Οἱ  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
εἶπαν  they  said 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: λέγω  
Sense: to speak, say.
ἔτι  any  more 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ἔτι  
Sense: yet, still.
ἔχομεν  have  we 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 1st Person Plural
Root: ἔχω  
Sense: to have, i.e. to hold.
μαρτυρίας  of  witness 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular
Root: μαρτυρία  
Sense: a testifying.
χρείαν  need 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: χρεία  
Sense: necessity, need.
αὐτοὶ  We  ourselves 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
ἠκούσαμεν  have  heard  [it] 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 1st Person Plural
Root: ἀκουστός 
Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf.
στόματος  mouth 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular
Root: στόμα  
Sense: the mouth, as part of the body: of man, of animals, of fish, etc.
αὐτοῦ  of  Him 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.

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