Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
What do you people think [i.e., about such statements]?" They answered, "He deserves to die."
New American Standard Bible
what do you think?” They answered, “
King James Version
What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
Holman Bible
What is your decision?”
They answered, “He deserves death!”
International Standard Version
What is your verdict?" They replied, "He deserves to die!"
A Conservative Version
What does it seem to you? Having answered, they said, He is deserving of death.
American Standard Version
what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.
Amplified
What do you think?” They answered, “
Anderson New Testament
What think you? They answered and said: He is a subject for death.
Bible in Basic English
What is your opinion? They made answer and said, It is right for him to be put to death.
Common New Testament
What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death."
Daniel Mace New Testament
what is your opinion? they reply'd, he deserves to die.
Darby Translation
What think ye? And they answering said, He is liable to the penalty of death.
Godbey New Testament
what seems to you? They responding said, He is worthy of death.
Goodspeed New Testament
What is your decision?" They answered, "He deserves death."
John Wesley New Testament
What think ye? They answering said, He is guilty of death.
Julia Smith Translation
What seems to you? And they having answered, said, He is liable to the penalty of death.
King James 2000
What think you? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
What do you think?" And they answered [and] said, "{He deserves death}!"
Modern King James verseion
What do you think? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What think ye?" They answered and said, "He is worthy to die."
Moffatt New Testament
What is your view?" They replied, "He is doomed to death."
Montgomery New Testament
"What is your verdict?" "He ought to die," they answered.
NET Bible
What is your verdict?" They answered, "He is guilty and deserves death."
New Heart English Bible
What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death."
Noyes New Testament
What think ye? They answered and said, He should be punished with death.
Sawyer New Testament
What do you think? And they answered and said, He is worthy of death.
The Emphasized Bible
How, to you, doth it seem? And, they, answering, said: Guilty of death, he is.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
what think ye? They answered and said, He is deserving of death.
Twentieth Century New Testament
What is your decision?" They answered: "He deserves death."
Webster
What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
Weymouth New Testament
What is your verdict?" "He deserves to die," they replied.
Williams New Testament
What do you think now?" Then they answered, "He deserves to die."
World English Bible
What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death!"
Worrell New Testament
What think ye?" And they, answering, said, "He is worthy of death."
Worsley New Testament
and they answered, He ought to be put to death.
Youngs Literal Translation
what think ye?' and they answering said, 'He is worthy of death.'
Themes
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As son of God
Courts of justice » Sanhedrim or court of the seventy » Presided over by high priest
Courts of justice » Judges of » Pronounced the judgment of the court
Jesus Christ » History of » Tried by the council (in jerusalem)
Jesus Christ » Divinity of » Son of God
Prayer » The prayer of jesus, "let this cup pass away,"
Priest » Miscellaneous facts concerning » Put on trial and condemn jesus
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 26:66
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Before The Sanhedrin
65 Then the head priest tore at his clothing [i.e., as an expression of frustration], saying, "He has spoken against God [i.e., by claiming Deity for Himself]. What additional need do we have for witnesses? Look, you [yourselves] have now heard him speaking against God. 66 What do you people think [i.e., about such statements]?" They answered, "He deserves to die." 67 Then they spit in His face and hit Him [with their fists], while others slapped Him [in the face],
Cross References
John 19:7
The Jews replied, "We have a law which requires that he ought to die because he claimed to be the Son of God."
Acts 7:52
Which one of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They [even] killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One [i.e., Jesus], whom you people betrayed and murdered.
Acts 13:27-28
For the people living in Jerusalem, together with their ruling officials, did not understand [that Jesus was the Messiah] or what the message of the prophets, which is read every Sabbath day, really meant. So, [because of this] they [actually] made these Scripture predictions come true by condemning Jesus.
James 5:6
You have condemned and murdered the righteous man [i.e., the innocent person, See verse 4] and he does not [even] resist you.