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Matthew 26:25

Thou hast said.​

The Last Supper

Spoken to:
Apostles
KJV issues:
2
KJV

Matthew 26:25 Thou hast said.​

NIV

Matthew 26:25 You have said so.

What His Listeners Heard

You yourself say.

Greek

Matthew 26:25  Σὺ εἶπας.

Greek Word Order

 

Σὺ                    εἶπας.
You yourself   say        

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

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. 

 

 

Vocabulary (Greek word by word)

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."

KJV — word by word

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.

 

NIV — word by word

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.