What Does Luke 22:70 Mean in the King James?
Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
He makes the questioners speak the title whose truth they are demanding him to declare.
THE MEANING
The questioners put the title “Son of God” into the open, and Jesus answers, “Ye say that I am.” Their words become part of the testimony they demand; his “I am” leaves the identity before them without retreat. Here, naming itself carries weight.
THE ROOT
λέγετε
legete
GROWS FROM
λέγω
legō
To say, speak, or tell.
The Greek makes “you” explicit and plural: you yourselves say it. The related words for “word” and “reckoning” show how their spoken naming becomes an account they have put into the open.
ALSO GROWS
logos: Word, account, or reason.
λόγος
The title they speak is a word that now stands in the exchange as testimony.
logizomai: Reckon, consider, or account.
λογίζομαι
Their answer is not just sound; it is a claim they have named and must reckon with.
THE PATTERN
A spoken naming can become testimony in the very act of asking for proof.
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.THE THREAD
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.John uses the same Greek verb for “say” when Jesus answers another question about his identity: “Thou sayest that I am a king.” The shared wording makes the questioner’s own naming part of the testimony, and John explicitly connects that testimony with bearing witness to truth.
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