They all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” He said to them, “You say it, because I am.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
- BSB So they all asked, “Are You then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.”
- NKJV Then they all said, “Are You then the Son of God?” So He said to them, “You rightly say that I am.”
- NASB And they all said, “So You are the Son of God?” And He said to them, “You say correctly that I am.”
- NLT They all shouted, “So, are you claiming to be the Son of God?” And he replied, “You say that I am.”
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Quick answer
Asked if He is the Son of God, Jesus answers, 'You say it, because I am.' He affirms His divine sonship.
Overview
When pressed, Jesus acknowledges that He is indeed the Son of God. His affirmation, echoing the divine name, confirms the claim the council finds blasphemous. This confession of His true identity becomes the basis for their charge, yet it is the saving truth the gospel proclaims.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Luke 23:3Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”
- Mark 15:2Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.”
- John 18:37Pilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
- Matt 27:11Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.”
- Matt 26:64Jesus said to him, “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”
- John 1:49Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”
- Ps 2:12Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
- Ps 2:7I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.
- Matt 27:54Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
- Luke 4:41Demons also came out of many, crying out, and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he didn’t allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
- John 19:7The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
- Matt 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
- John 10:36do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’
- John 1:34I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”
- Matt 3:17Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
- Matt 4:3The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
- Mark 14:62Jesus said, “I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”
- John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
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