“Have you been led astray, too?” the Pharisees mocked.
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?
- BSB “Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
- 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?
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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 7:12There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”
- 2 Cor 6:8by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;
- 2 Kgs 18:32until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and of honey, that you may live, and not die. Don’t listen to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, “Yahweh will deliver us.”
- 2 Kgs 18:29Thus says the king, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand.
- John 9:27–34He answered them, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t also want to become his disciples, do you?”
- 2 Chr 32:15Now therefore don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this way. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?”
- Matt 27:63saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
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