“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
Parallel translations
- WEB The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?
- KJV Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
- NKJV Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived?
- NASB The Pharisees then replied to them, “You have not been led astray too, have you?
- NLT “Have you been led astray, too?” the Pharisees mocked.
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Quick answer
The Pharisees ask the officers if they too have been led astray. They treat belief in Jesus as deception.
Overview
The leaders respond to the officers' testimony with scorn, assuming that anyone impressed by Jesus must be deceived. Their question reveals their contempt for the crowd and their settled rejection of Jesus. It exposes the pride of those who judged themselves too knowledgeable to be 'led astray,' yet were truly blind to the Christ before them.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- John 7:12Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
- 2 Cor 6:8through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;
- 2 Kgs 18:32until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’
- 2 Kgs 18:29This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.
- John 9:27–34He replied, “I already told you, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”
- 2 Chr 32:15So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
- Matt 27:63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
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