Text -- Luke 22:70-71 (NET)

22:70 So they all said, “Are you the Son of God, then?” He answered them, “You say that I am.” 22:71 Then they said, “Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 22:70

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ pronouncement.

² sn The members of the council understood the force of the claim and asked Jesus about another title, Son of God.

³ tn Grk “He said to them.”

⁴ sn Jesus’ reply, “You say that I am,” was not a denial, but a way of giving a qualified positive response: “You have said it, but I do not quite mean what you think.”

NET Notes: Luk 22:71

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² sn We have heard it ourselves. The Sanhedrin regarded the answer as convicting Jesus. They saw it as blasphemous to claim such intimacy and shared authority with God, a claim so serious and convicting that no further testimony was needed.

³ tn Grk “from his own mouth” (an idiom).