Matthew 26:25 Thou hast said.​

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Apostles

The Last Supper

KJV

Matthew 26:25 Thou hast said.​

NIV

Matthew 26:25 You have said so.”

LISTENERS HEARD

You yourself say.

MY TAKE

Notice Jesus doesn't react except to confirm that he spoke.

GREEK (Each Word Explained Bottom of Page)

Matthew 26:25  Σὺ εἶπας.

GREEK ORDER

Σὺ                    εἶπας.
You yourself   say.

LOST IN TRANSLATION

This verse uses the second-person pronoun as its subject. Since the subject is part of the verb, it is only used for emphasis. Some biblical translations add "yourself" to the verse to add this emphasis.

The form of the verb "hast said" or "have said" is not a past, perfect form as translated, but a tense indicating something said at some specific point in time.

 

 

# KJV TRANSLATION ISSUES
2
  • MW - Missing Word -- The word "yourselves" is not shown in the English translation, but it is needed to capture the pronoun as well as the form of the verb.
  • WT - Wrong Tense - The verb "hast" indicates the past perfect tense, but the tense is something that happens at a specific point in time (past, present, or future).
# NIV TRANSLATION ISSUES
3
  • MW - Missing Word -- The word "yourselves" is not shown in the English translation, but it is needed to capture the pronoun as well as the form of the verb.
  • WT - Wrong Tense - The verb "hast" indicates the past perfect tense, but the tense is something that happens at a specific point in time (past, present, or future).
  • IW - Inserted Word -- The word "so" doesn't exist in the source.
EACH WORD of KJV

Thou -- (MW) The "thou" here is the singular, subjective, second-person pronoun. Since pronouns are not usually used for subjects in Greek, its use is to accentuate the word like we would say "you yourself".

hast -- (WT) This helping verb "hast" indicates that the verb is the tense indicating an action completed in the past. This is not the tense of the verb here.

said.​  - - The word translated as "said" means "to say" and "to speak." It is one of the two most common words translated "speak," "say" and "tell," but it has more a sense of addressing and proclaiming.

 

EACH WORD of NIV

You -- (MW) The "you" here is the singular, subjective, second-person pronoun. Since pronouns are not usually used for subjects in Greek, its use is to accentuate the word like we would say "you yourself".

have -- (WT) This helping verb "hast" indicates that the verb is the tense indicating an action completed in the past. This is not the tense of the verb here.

said.​  - - The word translated as "said" means "to say" and "to speak." It is one of the two most common words translated "speak," "say" and "tell," but it has more a sense of addressing and proclaiming.

so -- (IW) There is nothing that can be translated as "so" in the Greek source.

COMPARISON: GREEK to KJV

Σὺ (pron 2nd sg nom) "You" is from su which is the singular form of su the pronoun of the second person, "you." --

εἶπας. [162 verses] (verb 2nd sg aor ind act or part sg aor act masc nom) "Hast said" is from eipon, which means "to speak", "to say", "to recite", "to address", "to mention", "to name", "to proclaim", "to plead", "to promise," and "to offer."

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"Are you talking now?" he asked.

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