Luke 22:23

Luke 22:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
• New International Version (NIV)They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they began to question one another, which of them it could be who was going to do this.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.

Context of Luke 22:23

21Moreover, behold, the hand of him that delivers me up [is] with me on the table; 22and the Son of man indeed goes as it is determined, but woe unto that man by whom he is delivered up. And they began to question together among themselves who then it could be of them who was about to do this. 24And there was also a strife among them which of them should be held to be [the] greatest. 25And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors.

Luke 22:23 word by word

καὶ αὐτοὶ ἤρξαντο συζητεῖν πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς τὸ τίς ἄρα εἴη ἐξ αὐτῶν ὁ τοῦτο μέλλων πράσσειν.¶Read the interlinear

• beganἄρχωarchō · be firstG757
• beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510

Cross-references for Luke 22:23

• Matthew 26:22And being exceedingly grieved they began to say to him, each of them, Is it I, Lord?
• Mark 14:19And they began to be grieved, and to say to him, one by one, Is it I? [and another, Is it I?]
• John 13:22The disciples therefore looked one on another, doubting of whom he spoke.

Commentaries on Luke 22:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23They began to inquire among themselves - See the notes on Matthew 26:23, Matthew 26:24.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21-23Verses 21-23 See the notes at Matthew 26:21-25.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-38Verses 21-38 How unbecoming is the worldly ambition of being the greatest, to the character of a follower of Jesus, who took upon him the form of a servant, and humbled himself to the death of the cross! In the way to eternal happiness, we must expect to be assaulted and sifted by Satan. If he cannot destroy, he will try to disgrace or distress us. Nothing more certainly forebodes a fall, in a professed follower of Christ, than self-confidence, with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-30Jesus celebrated the traditional Jewish Passover but transformed it with reference to his own sacrificial death as the Passover lamb. He also prepared his disciples for his coming death and the leadership role they would assume over his church.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-387. the day of unleavened bread--strictly the fifteenth Nisan (part of our March and April) after the paschal lamb was killed; but here, the fourteenth (Thursday). Into the difficult questions raised on this we cannot here enter.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 22:23

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judas (Jude)
• Traitor

In the dictionaries

• Accomplish
• Agony
• Cast
• Earnestly
• Reckon
• Inquire
• Jesus Christ
• Law in the New Testament
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)
• Luke, the Gospel of

Commentaries on Luke 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings