John 18:21

Why did you ask me? Ask those who have heard me about what I said. Look, these people know what I said.”

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.

In Context

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

22When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing there struck Jesus and said, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”

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Cross References

Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death.

Luke 22:67and said, “If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe,

Acts 24:18When I did this, certain Jews from Asia found me in a purification ceremony in the temple, not with a crowd or an uproar.

Matthew Henry on John 18:14-28

Christ before Annas and Caiaphas; The Fall of Peter; Christ Arraigned; Peter Again Denies Christ. 13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. 14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. 15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. 16 But Peter stood… Read the whole commentary →

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