Luke 22:67

67 They said, "If you are the Christ, tell us!" He answered, " If I tell you, you won't believe.

Luke 22:67 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 22:67

Saying, art thou the Christ
The Messiah, promised and prophesied of by Moses, and all the prophets, and long expected by us: "tell us". The Ethiopic version adds, openly; tell us frankly, freely, plainly, as in ( John 10:24 ) .

And he said unto them, if I tell you, you will not believe.
The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "will not believe me"; neither what he said, nor that he was the Messiah; they were determined not to believe in him, and receive him as such; their unbelief was wilful, obstinate, and invincible: they were proof against all arguments, evidence, and demonstration itself.

Luke 22:67 In-Context

65 Insulting him, they said many other horrible things against him.

66 As morning came, the elders of the people, both chief priests and legal experts, came together, and Jesus was brought before their council.

67 They said, "If you are the Christ, tell us!" He answered, "If I tell you, you won't believe.

68 And if I ask you a question, you won't answer.

69 But from now on, the Human Onewill be seated on the right side of the power of God."