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And answering they said, "He is deserving of death."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/matthew/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/matthew/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />What do you think?” They answered and said, “He is deserving of death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/matthew/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />what do you think?” They answered, “He deserves death!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/matthew/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />what do you think?&#8221 They answered, &#8220He deserves death!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/matthew/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />what do you think?” They answered and said, “He is deserving of death!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/matthew/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />what do you think?” They answered and said, “He deserves death!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/matthew/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />What do you think?” They answered, “He deserves to be put to death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/matthew/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />What is your decision? ” They answered, “He deserves death! ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />What is your decision?&#8221 They answered, &#8220He deserves death!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/matthew/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />What do you think?" They answered, "He is guilty and deserves to die!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/matthew/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />What's your verdict?" They answered, "He deserves the death penalty!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/matthew/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />What do you think?" They answered, "He is guilty and must die." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/matthew/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />What is your verdict?" They replied, "He deserves to die!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/matthew/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />What do you think?? ?He deserves to die,? they answered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/matthew/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />What is your verdict?" They answered, "He is guilty and deserves death."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/matthew/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/26.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />What is your verdict?" "He deserves to die," they replied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />What do you think?” They answered, “He is worthy of death!” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/matthew/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />what do you think?” And they answering said, “He is worthy of death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/26.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />What do you think?" And answering they said, "He is deserving of death."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> what think ye?' and they answering said, 'He is worthy of death.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/matthew/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />What seems to you? And they having answered, said, He is liable to the penalty of death.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />What think you? But they answering, said: He is guilty of death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/matthew/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />How does it seem to you?” So they responded by saying, “He is guilty unto death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />what is your opinion?” They said in reply, “He deserves to die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />What is your verdict?” They answered, “He deserves death.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/matthew/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />What else do you want? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/26.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“What do you think?” They answered, and they said, “He deserves death.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/matthew/26.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />What think you? They answered and said: He is a subject for death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/matthew/26.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />what seems to you? They responding said, He is worthy of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/matthew/26.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />what think ye? They answered and said, He is deserving of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/matthew/26.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />what is your opinion? they reply'd, he deserves to die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/26.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />What is your verdict?" "He deserves to die," they replied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/matthew/26.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />What think ye?" And they, answering, said, "He is worthy of death."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/matthew/26.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />and they answered, He ought to be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/26-66.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=8443" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/matthew/26.htm">Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">65</span>At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. <span class="reftext">66</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: ti (IPro-NNS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.">What</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">do you</a> <a href="/greek/1380.htm" title="1380: dokei (V-PIA-3S) -- A prolonged form of a primary verb, doko dok'-o of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem.">think?”</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">“</a> <a href="/greek/1777.htm" title="1777: Enochos (Adj-NMS) -- Involved in, held in, hence: liable, generally with dat. (or gen.) of the punishment. From enecho; liable to.">He deserves</a> <a href="/greek/2288.htm" title="2288: thanatou (N-GMS) -- Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death.">to die,”</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/611.htm" title="611: apokrithentes (V-APP-NMP) -- From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.">they answered.</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipan (V-AIA-3P) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say."></a> </span> <span class="reftext">67</span>Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3-8</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-7.htm">John 19:7</a></span><br />“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-13.htm">Acts 3:13-15</a></span><br />The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him. / You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. / You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-64.htm">Mark 14:64</a></span><br />You have heard the blasphemy. What is your verdict?” And they all condemned Him as deserving of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-71.htm">Luke 22:71</a></span><br />“Why do we need any more testimony?” they declared. “We have heard it for ourselves from His own lips.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/18-31.htm">John 18:31</a></span><br />“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a></span><br />He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a></span><br />Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-6.htm">Psalm 22:6-8</a></span><br />But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. / All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: / “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-18.htm">John 5:18</a></span><br />Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-33.htm">John 10:33</a></span><br />“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-27.htm">Acts 13:27-28</a></span><br />The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. / And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-22.htm">1 Peter 2:22-24</a></span><br />“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.” / When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly. / He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/50-6.htm">Isaiah 50:6</a></span><br />I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a></span><br />Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">What think you? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.</p><p class="hdg">He.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/24-11.htm">Leviticus 24:11-16</a></b></br> And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name <i>of the LORD</i>, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name <i>was</i> Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/19-7.htm">John 19:7</a></b></br> The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a></b></br> Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/26-59.htm">Death</a> <a href="/matthew/10-13.htm">Deserves</a> <a href="/matthew/26-52.htm">Die</a> <a href="/matthew/23-18.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/matthew/23-33.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/matthew/5-21.htm">Liable</a> <a href="/matthew/22-42.htm">Opinion</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-49.htm">Penalty</a> <a href="/matthew/26-64.htm">Right</a> <a href="/matthew/26-53.htm">Think</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-6.htm">Verdict</a> <a href="/matthew/22-8.htm">Worthy</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/27-1.htm">Death</a> <a href="/luke/7-4.htm">Deserves</a> <a href="/mark/5-35.htm">Die</a> <a href="/mark/3-29.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/matthew/27-19.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/matthew/5-21.htm">Liable</a> <a href="/mark/14-64.htm">Opinion</a> <a href="/luke/9-25.htm">Penalty</a> <a href="/matthew/27-6.htm">Right</a> <a href="/mark/14-64.htm">Think</a> <a href="/john/3-19.htm">Verdict</a> <a href="/mark/1-7.htm">Worthy</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/26-1.htm">Jesus foretells his own death.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/26-3.htm">The rulers conspire against him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/26-6.htm">The woman anoints his feet.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/26-14.htm">Judas bargains to betray him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Jesus eats the Passover;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/26-26.htm">institutes his holy supper;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/26-30.htm">foretells the desertion of his disciples, and Peter's denial;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/26-36.htm">prays in the garden;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">47. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/26-47.htm">and being betrayed by a kiss,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">57. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/26-57.htm">is carried to Caiaphas,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">69. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/26-69.htm">and denied by Peter.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/26.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/26.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>What do you think?”</b><br>This phrase is part of the trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin, the Jewish ruling council. The high priest, Caiaphas, is addressing the council after Jesus has been accused of blasphemy. This question is rhetorical, meant to prompt a unified response from the council. The Sanhedrin was composed of chief priests, elders, and scribes, who were the religious leaders of Israel. Their role was to interpret and enforce Jewish law, and they were seen as the highest authority in religious matters. This moment is significant as it reflects the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah being rejected by His own people (<a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a>).<p><b>“He deserves to die,” they answered.</b><br>The response of the Sanhedrin indicates their unanimous decision that Jesus is guilty of blasphemy, a crime punishable by death according to Levitical law (<a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Leviticus 24:16</a>). This verdict is significant in the context of Jewish law and Roman occupation. While the Sanhedrin could pronounce a death sentence, they did not have the authority to carry it out under Roman rule, which is why they later bring Jesus to Pontius Pilate. This moment also highlights the fulfillment of Jesus' own predictions about His suffering and death (<a href="/matthew/20-18.htm">Matthew 20:18-19</a>). Theologically, this decision is seen as part of God's sovereign plan for redemption, with Jesus as the sacrificial Lamb who takes away the sin of the world (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The central figure of the New Testament, who is being judged by the Sanhedrin in this passage.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanhedrin.htm">The Sanhedrin</a></b><br>The Jewish council responsible for religious decisions, which is conducting the trial of Jesus.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/high_priest_caiaphas.htm">High Priest Caiaphas</a></b><br>The high priest presiding over the trial, who questions Jesus and seeks a verdict.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where this trial takes place, specifically in the high priest's palace.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_accusation_of_blasphemy.htm">The Accusation of Blasphemy</a></b><br>The charge brought against Jesus, leading to the declaration that He deserves death.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_charge_of_blasphemy.htm">Understanding the Charge of Blasphemy</a></b><br>Recognize the gravity of the accusation against Jesus and how it was used to fulfill God's redemptive plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_injustice_of_human_judgment.htm">The Injustice of Human Judgment</a></b><br>Reflect on the flawed human judgment that condemned Jesus and consider how we can seek justice in our own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/jesus'_fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">Jesus' Fulfillment of Prophecy</a></b><br>Appreciate how Jesus' trial and suffering were foretold in Scripture, affirming His identity as the Messiah.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responding_to_false_accusations.htm">Responding to False Accusations</a></b><br>Learn from Jesus' example of silence and composure in the face of false accusations and consider how we can emulate this in our own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_sanhedrin.htm">The Role of the Sanhedrin</a></b><br>Understand the historical and religious context of the Sanhedrin's authority and how it was misused in the trial of Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_spiritual_sacrifices.htm">What are the key events in Jesus' life timeline?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_plot_of_jesus_christ_superstar.htm">What is the plot of Jesus Christ Superstar?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/should_we_crucify_him.htm">Should we crucify him?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'every_tribe_and_tongue'_mean.htm">What defines the faith of the Gospel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(66) <span class= "bld">He is guilty of death.</span>--In modern English the word "guilty" is almost always followed by the crime which a man has committed. In older use it was followed by the punishment which the man deserved. (Comp. <a href="/numbers/35-31.htm" title="Moreover you shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.">Numbers 35:31</a>.) The decision, as far as the meeting went, was unanimous. Sentence was passed. It remained, however, to carry the sentence into effect, and this, while the Roman governor was at Jerusalem, presented a difficulty which had to be met by proceedings of another kind. The Jews, or at least their rulers, who courted the favour of Rome, ostentatiously disclaimed the power of punishing capital offences (<a href="/john/18-31.htm" title="Then said Pilate to them, Take you him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:">John 18:31</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 66.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">What think ye?</span> He wishes to get a vote by acclamation, not in a formal way, as to the guilt of Christ and the punishment which he deserved. <span class="cmt_word">He is guilty of</span> (<span class="greek">ἔυοχος</span>, <span class="accented">worthy of, liable to</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>death</span>. This was the punishment pronounced by the Law on blasphemy (<a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Leviticus 24:16</a>); the death was, however, to be by stoning (<a href="/acts/7-58.htm">Acts 7:58</a>). This detail, as they considered it, was now exclusively in the hands of the Romans. We see that this meeting, which virtually doomed Christ to death, was not a regular council of the Sanhedrin; for it was not held in the appointed chamber, and was conducted at night, when criminal processes were forbidden. The meeting next morning (<a href="/matthew/27-1.htm">Matthew 27:1</a>) was convened for the purpose of considering how this informal sentence should be executed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/matthew/26-66.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">What</span><br /><span class="grk">τί</span> <span class="translit">(ti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5101.htm">Strong's 5101: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">{do} you</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμῖν</span> <span class="translit">(hymin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">think?”</span><br /><span class="grk">δοκεῖ</span> <span class="translit">(dokei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1380.htm">Strong's 1380: </a> </span><span class="str2">A prolonged form of a primary verb, doko dok'-o of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“He deserves</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἔνοχος</span> <span class="translit">(Enochos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1777.htm">Strong's 1777: </a> </span><span class="str2">Involved in, held in, hence: liable, generally with dat. (or gen.) of the punishment. From enecho; liable to.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to die,”</span><br /><span class="grk">θανάτου</span> <span class="translit">(thanatou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2288.htm">Strong's 2288: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they answered.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀποκριθέντες</span> <span class="translit">(apokrithentes)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_611.htm">Strong's 611: </a> </span><span class="str2">From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/26-66.htm">Matthew 26:66 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/matthew/26-66.htm">Matthew 26:66 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/matthew/26-66.htm">Matthew 26:66 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/matthew/26-66.htm">Matthew 26:66 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/matthew/26-66.htm">Matthew 26:66 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/26-66.htm">Matthew 26:66 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/26-66.htm">Matthew 26:66 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/26-66.htm">Matthew 26:66 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/26-66.htm">Matthew 26:66 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/matthew/26-66.htm">Matthew 26:66 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/matthew/26-66.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 26:66 What do you think? 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