John 18:21

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

Updated King James Version

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 spoke openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.

22And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answer you the high priest so?

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Cross References

Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Luke 22:67Are you the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, all of you will not believe:

Acts 24:18Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

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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