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John 18:21

19 Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.

20 “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.”

22 When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”

23 Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.”
KJV
Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
WEB
Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, they know the things which I said.”
ASV
Why askest thou me? Ask them that have heard [me], what I spake unto them: behold, these know the things which I said.
DARBY
Why demandest thou of me? Demand of those who have heard, what I have spoken to them; behold, they know what I have said.
BLB
Why do you question Me? Question those having heard what I spoke to them. Behold, they know what I said.”
ÅB
Hvorfor spør du meg? Spør dem som har hørt meg, om hva jeg har talt til dem! se, de vet hva jeg har sagt.
OTB
Hvorfor spør du meg? Spør dem som har hørt meg. De vet sikkert hva jeg har sagt."
B1930
Hvorfor spør du mig? Spør dem som har hørt mig, om hvad jeg har talt til dem! se, de vet hvad jeg har sagt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 22:67

    “If You are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe.

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  • Mark 14:55–59

    Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any.

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  • Matthew 26:59–60

    Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

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  • Acts 24:18–20

    At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia

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  • Acts 24:12–13

    Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

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