Luke 22:67

67 They said, "If You are the Messiah, tell us." But He said to them, "If I do tell you, you will not 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 And they were saying many other blasphemous things against Him.

66 When daylight came, the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes, convened and brought Him before their Sanhedrin.

67 They said, "If You are the Messiah, tell us." But He said to them, "If I do tell you, you will not believe.

68 And if I ask you, you will not answer.

69 But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the Power of God."