Matthew Chapter 26 verse 66 Holy Bible
what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.
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What is your opinion? They made answer and said, It is right for him to be put to death.
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What think ye? And they answering said, He is liable to the penalty of death.
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What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
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What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death!"
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what think ye?' and they answering said, `He is worthy of death.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 66. - What think ye? He wishes to get a vote by acclamation, not in a formal way, as to the guilt of Christ and the punishment which he deserved. He is guilty of (ἔυοχος, worthy of, liable to) death. This was the punishment pronounced by the Law on blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16); the death was, however, to be by stoning (Acts 7:58). This detail, as they considered it, was now exclusively in the hands of the Romans. We see that this meeting, which virtually doomed Christ to death, was not a regular council of the Sanhedrin; for it was not held in the appointed chamber, and was conducted at night, when criminal processes were forbidden. The meeting next morning (Matthew 27:1) was convened for the purpose of considering how this informal sentence should be executed.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(66) He is guilty of death.--In modern English the word "guilty" is almost always followed by the crime which a man has committed. In older use it was followed by the punishment which the man deserved. (Comp. Numbers 35:31.) The decision, as far as the meeting went, was unanimous. Sentence was passed. It remained, however, to carry the sentence into effect, and this, while the Roman governor was at Jerusalem, presented a difficulty which had to be met by proceedings of another kind. The Jews, or at least their rulers, who courted the favour of Rome, ostentatiously disclaimed the power of punishing capital offences (John 18:31).
