Luke 22:67

67 They said, "If you are the Messiah, tell us." He replied, "If I 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 They kept heaping many other insults on him.

66 When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, gathered together, and they brought him to their council.

67 They said, "If you are the Messiah, tell us." He replied, "If I tell you, you will not believe;

68 and if I question 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."

Footnotes

• [a]. Or [the Christ]