Luke 22:70-71

22:70 So ¹  they all said, “Are you the Son of God, ²  then?” He answered ³  them, “You say ⁴  that I am.” 22:71 Then ⁵  they said, “Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves ⁶  from his own lips!” ⁷ 

[22:70]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ pronouncement.

[22:70]  ² sn The members of the council understood the force of the claim and asked Jesus about another title, Son of God.

[22:70]  ³ tn Grk “He said to them.”

[22:70]  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.”

[22:71]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[22:71]  ⁶ 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.

[22:71]  ⁷ tn Grk “from his own mouth” (an idiom).