Then ¹  they said, “Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves ²  from his own lips!” ³ 

biblegateway Luk 22:71

Then they said, "What further need do we have of testimony? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth."

"Why do we need any more testimony," they said, "since we've heard it ourselves from His mouth?"

And they said, "Why do we have need [of] further testimony? For [we] ourselves have heard [it] from his mouth!

biblegateway Luk 22:71

Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips."

Then they said, "What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips."

bibleoremus Luk 22:71

Then they said, "What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!"

At that they said, “What further evidence do we need? We have heard this ourselves from his own lips.”

biblegateway Luk 22:71

And they said, "What further testimony do we need? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth."

And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.

biblegateway Luk 22:71

Then ¹  they said, “Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves ²  from his own lips!” ³ 

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² sn We have heard it ourselves. The Sanhedrin regarded the answer as convicting Jesus. They saw it as blasphemous to claim such intimacy and shared authority with God, a claim so serious and convicting that no further testimony was needed.

³ tn Grk “from his own mouth” (an idiom).