King James Version

Luke 22:71

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

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οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andεἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).they saidΤίtiWhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “What”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.Whatἔτιetiany furtherἔτιadverb — “any further”G2089(a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition.any furtherἔχομενechomento haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.μαρτυρίαςmarturiaswitnessμαρτυρία (marturia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “witness”, the of-formG3141witness, evidence, testimony, reputation.This verse uses “witness”.witnessχρείανchreianneedχρεία (chreia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “need”, the object formG5532need, necessity, business.This verse uses “need”.αὐτοὶautoiwe ourselvesαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “we ourselves”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.we ourselvesγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἠκούσαμενēkousamenhave heardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “have heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.have heardἀπὸapoofἀπόpreposition — “of”G575from, away from.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.στόματοςstomatosmouthστόμα (stoma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “mouth”, the of-formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.mouthαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they said, 'What need yet have we of testimony? for we ourselves did hear [it] from his mouth.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and they said, 'What need yet have we of testimony? for we ourselves did hear [it] from his mouth.'

World English Bible

They said, “Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth!”

Darby Translation

And they said, What need have we any more of witness, for we have heard ourselves out of his mouth?

Douay-Rheims

And they said: What need we any further testimony? for we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth.

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