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and said,λέγοντες“Sir,Κύριεwe rememberἐμνήσθημενthatὅτιthatἐκεῖνοςimpostorὁ πλάνοςsaidεἶπενwhile he was stillἔτιalive,ζῶν‘AfterΜετὰthreeτρεῖςdaysἡμέραςI will be raised.’ἐγείρομαι
Matthew 27:63
Study it in the app“and said, “Sir, we remember that that impostor said while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will be raised.’”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 27:63, word by word
- and saidλέγοντεςlegontes
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legontes” appears- “SirΚύριεKyrie
sir
A respectful way to address someone.
Where else “Kyrie” appears- we rememberἐμνήσθημενemnēsthēmen
remember
To call something or someone to mind.
Where else “emnēsthēmen” appears- impostorπλάνοςplanos
deceiver
Impostor, deceiver.
Where else “planos” appears- aliveζῶνzōn
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōn” appears- threeτρεῖςtreis
three
Three.
Where else “treis” appears- daysἡμέραςhēmeras
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appears- I will be raised.’ἐγείρομαιegeiromai
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “egeiromai” appears
Translation note
Kyrie, the same word as “Lord,” is here a respectful form of address to the governor: “Sir.”
The context
62Now on the next day, which is after the Preparation, the high priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate
63 · This verse (above)
64So order the grave to be made secure until the third day, so that his disciples may not come and steal him and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
To study Matthew 27 in a group
1. What it says
What did Pilate ask Jesus, and how did Jesus answer (v. 11)?
2. What it means
What happened when Jesus died, and what did the centurion and those with him say (vv. 50–54)?
3. How I live it
Joseph of Arimathea asked for Jesus' body and buried it with care (vv. 57–60). What gesture of respect can you offer someone grieving?