Luke 22:71

71 Then they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.”

Luke 22:71 in Other Translations

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

71 Then they said, "What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips."

71 “Why do we need other witnesses?” they said. “We ourselves heard him say it.”

71 But they had made up their minds, "Why do we need any more evidence? We've all heard him as good as say it himself."

71 "Why do we need any more testimony," they said, "since we've heard it ourselves from His mouth?"

Luke 22:71 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 22:71

And they said
That is, the council, as the Persic version reads; some of the members of the sanhedrim, or the whole body of them:

what need we any further witness?
or give any further trouble in getting witnesses, and hearing them:

for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth:
his blasphemy, and what amounts to a sufficient charge of that kind; upon which they all pronounced him worthy of death, and determined to deliver him into the hands of Pilate the Roman governor, in order to pass sentence on him, and put him to death.

Luke 22:71 In-Context

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

70 They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.”

71 Then they said, “Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.”