Luke 22 — Clausal Layout (English)

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The plot and Judas's bargain 22:1–6

vv. 1–2 — Passover nears; the hunt is on

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was drawing near.independent — durative imperfect — the passion clock starts; Luke fuses feast and Passover in one name

And the chief priests and the scribes were seekingindependent — conative imperfect — the ongoing hunt (cf. 19:47)

how they might do away with him,content — articular indirect question — Luke's τό wraps the deliberation like a dossier; ἀναιρέω, his verb for judicial killing

for they feared the people.cause — the γάρ-aside — the sympathetic λαός is their check (19:48; 20:19)

vv. 3–6 — Satan enters Judas

Then Satan entered into Judas, called Iscariot,independent — the adversary returns 'until an opportune time' (4:13) — Luke alone names the demonic cause

who was of the number of the twelve;participial — the wound named — treachery from inside the ἀριθμός

and going off,participial — preposed aorist participle — leans on συνελάλησεν

he conferred with the chief priests and officersindependent — στρατηγοί — Luke adds the temple captains, the men who will make the arrest (v. 52)

how he might betray him to them.content — the same articular τὸ πῶς as v. 2 — Judas's question is the priests' question

And they were gladindependent — their grim delight — the plot's missing piece supplied

and agreed to give him money.independent — συνέθεντο — a covenant struck; the money unnumbered in Luke

And he consented,independent — ἐξωμολόγησεν — elsewhere 'confess/praise'; here the bitter sense: he gave his word

and he kept seeking an opportunity to betray him to them away from the crowd.independent — ἐζήτει answers ἐζήτουν (v. 2) — hunter and hireling share a verb; ἄτερ ὄχλου, the stealth clause

The Passover prepared — the water-jar sign 22:7–13

vv. 7–9 — the day comes; Peter and John are sent

Then came the day of Unleavened Bread,independent — the appointed day arrives — 14 Nisan

on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed;relative — ἔδει — Luke's verb of divine necessity, here of the lamb; the bracketed ἐν kept as the data prints it

So he sent Peter and John,independent — Luke alone names the two — the pair of Acts 3–4 already paired

saying:participial — the speech-frame

'Go and prepare the Passover for us,content — attendant-circumstance πορευθέντες folded into the command

that we may eat it.'purpose — φάγωμεν, plural — his meal with them (contrast Mark's φάγῃς)

They said to him:independent — the practical question back

'Where will you have us prepare it?'content — deliberative subjunctive folded under θέλεις

vv. 10–13 — the man with the water jar, and the found-as-he-said refrain

He said to them:independent — the instructions begin

'Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you;content — the sign — a man at women's work, conspicuous by design; the genitive absolute kept in line

follow him into the housecontent — the command

that he enters,relative — the preposition repeated inside the relative — Luke's careful εἰς ἥν

and tell the master of the house:content — imperatival future ἐρεῖτε

'The Teacher says to you:content — the message-within-the-message — speech nests a level deeper

Where is the guest room,content — κατάλυμα — the word of 2:7: the lodging denied at his birth is granted before his death

where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?'relative — deliberative subjunctive in the relative — the meal with his own

And he will show you a large upper room furnished;content — back at the outer speech — the ἀνάγαιον already spread with couches

prepare it there.'content — the closing command

And going off,participial — preposed aorist participle — leans on εὗρον

they found itindependent — the bare verb of fulfillment

just as he had told them,comparative — pluperfect εἰρήκει — the found-as-he-said refrain (19:32); foreknowledge on display

and they prepared the Passover.independent — the preparation closed

The supper — the eschatological cup, the bread, the cup after supper 22:14–20

vv. 14–18 — the longed-for Passover and the first cup

And when the hour came,conditional — temporal ὅτε (typed cnd; no temporal key) — ἡ ὥρα, Luke's loaded word; leans on ἀνέπεσεν

he reclined at table, and the apostles with him.independent — ἀπόστολοι — Luke's title for the Twelve at this table

And he said to them:independent — the meal opens with speech

'I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with youcontent — ἐπιθυμίᾳ ἐπεθύμησα — Semitic cognate dative, 'with desire I desired'

before I suffer;phrase modifier — πρὸ τοῦ + infinitive — παθεῖν absolute: 'the suffering' needs no object (24:26; Acts 1:3)

for I tell you,cause — the γάρ-ground of the longing — this is the last one

I will not eat itcontent — οὐ μή + subjunctive — the strongest denial; the fast begins

until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.'conditional — temporal ἕως ὅτου (typed cnd) — πληρωθῇ: Passover itself awaits fulfillment at the kingdom's banquet

And taking a cup,participial — the FIRST cup — Luke's distinctive order; δεξάμενος, received (from the table), not λαβών

giving thanks,participial — the berakah over the cup — leans on εἶπεν

he said:independent — the word over the first cup

'Take thiscontent — the imperative of reception

and divide it among yourselves;content — διαμερίσατε — he shares the cup around but will not drink it

for I tell you,cause — the second γάρ-vow, matching v. 16 — cup answering meal

that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vinecontent — ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν — Luke's hinge-phrase; the bracketed ὅτι kept as the data prints it

until the kingdom of God comes.'conditional — temporal ἕως οὗ (typed cnd) — the abstention holds until the kingdom's arrival

vv. 19–20 — the bread and the cup after supper: the longer text

And taking bread,participial — preposed participle — the supper verbs begin; leans on ἔκλασεν

giving thanks,participial — εὐχαριστήσας — whence 'Eucharist'

he broke itindependent — the breaking — the act by which he will be known at Emmaus (24:35)

and gave it to them,independent — the giving

saying:participial — the speech-frame for the bread-word

'This is my body, which is given for you;content — vv. 19b–20 = the 'longer text,' printed here (om. D it) — τὸ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν διδόμενον, the substitutionary ὑπέρ

do this in remembrance of me.'content — εἰς ἀνάμνησιν — the memorial command, shared with 1 Cor 11:24–25 alone

And likewise the cup after they had eaten,independent — elliptical — the verbs of v. 19 supplied; the SECOND cup, μετὰ τὸ δειπνῆσαι, the cup of blessing after the meal

saying:participial — on the elided verb of giving — anchored on the cup itself

'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.content — verbless — Jer 31:31's καινὴ διαθήκη named outright; nominative τὸ ἐκχυννόμενον agrees with the cup, not the dative blood — a famous grammatical wrinkle

The table discourse — betrayer, greatness, thrones, sifting, swords 22:21–38

vv. 21–23 — the betrayer's hand on the table

But behold, the hand of the one who betrays me is with me on the table.independent — verbless ἰδού-clause — in Luke the betrayer is unmasked AFTER the cup; the same table serves covenant and treachery

For the Son of Man goes as it has been determined,cause — κατὰ τὸ ὡρισμένον — Luke's word of divine decree (Acts 2:23); πορεύεται, the willed departure

but woe to that mancause — the balancing πλήν — divine plan cancels no guilt; verbless woe

by whom he is betrayed!relative — δι' οὗ — the human agency inside the divine passive

And they began to question one anotherindependent — the round of self-suspicion — no one is sure of himself

which of them it could be who was going to do this.content — articular indirect question with optative εἴη — Luke's literary mood of remote possibility

vv. 24–27 — greatness inverted: I am among you as the one who serves

A dispute also arose among them,independent — φιλονεικία — love of victory; rank quarreled over at the passion table

as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.content — the same articular τό + indirect question as v. 23 — from 'who betrays?' to 'who is greatest?' in one verse

And he said to them:independent — the answer — one εἶπεν carries the discourse to v. 32

'The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them,content — the Gentile model — κυριεύουσιν, gnomic

and those in authority over them are called benefactors.content — εὐεργέται — the Hellenistic honorific (Ptolemy Euergetes); power buying its own praise

But not so with you.content — verbless veto — the fronted ὑμεῖς against the whole system

Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest,content — γινέσθω — greatness re-defined as becoming; ὁ νεώτερος, the one who waits on the rest

and the leader as one who serves.content — elliptical — γινέσθω supplied; ὁ διακονῶν, the discourse's keyword

For who is greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves?content — verbless rhetorical question — the world's answer assumed

Is it not the one who reclines?content — οὐχί expects 'yes' — the honor calculus granted, then overturned

But I am among you as the one who serves.content — ἐγὼ δέ — the Master at this very meal takes the servant's place (cf. 12:37; John 13)

vv. 28–30 — the covenanted kingdom and the twelve thrones

You are those who have stayed with me in my trials,content — perfect διαμεμενηκότες — the commendation before the collapse; his ministry read as πειρασμοί

and I confer on you,content — διατίθεμαι — the covenant-verb (cognate with διαθήκη, v. 20): a kingdom assigned by testament

just as my Father conferred on me,comparative — the chain of bestowal — Father to Son to the Twelve

a kingdom,phrase modifier — the delayed object — βασιλείαν held back past the καθώς-clause, landing with full weight

that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom,purpose — the table of vv. 16, 18 promised back to them — ἡ τράπεζά μου answers the betrayer's τράπεζα of v. 21

and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.content — the mood shifts to future indicative — the thrones are flat prediction, not mere purpose (cf. Matt 19:28)

vv. 31–34 — Simon, Simon: the sifting, the prayer, the cock-crow

Simon, Simon,phrase modifier — the doubled vocative of urgency (cf. 10:41 Martha, Martha) — and the pre-discipleship name

behold, Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,content — ἐξῃτήσατο — 'obtained by asking' (a Job 1 audience implied); ὑμᾶς plural — all twelve are in the sieve; σινιάσαι, NT hapax

but I have prayed for youcontent — ἐγὼ δέ against ὁ σατανᾶς — and σοῦ singular: the intercession narrows to Peter

that your faith may not fail;purpose — ἐκλίπῃ — give out utterly; the prayer concedes the fall but not the ruin

and when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.content — ἐπιστρέψας — the denial is assumed and the restoration commissioned in one breath (Acts 1–2 in seed)

Peter said to him:independent — the protest

'Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.'content — καὶ...καί — prison and death both vowed; both will come true later (Acts 12), not tonight

But he said:independent — the counter-prediction

'I tell you, Peter,content — Πέτρε — the only time in the Gospels Jesus addresses him by the name 'Rock,' precisely here

the rooster will not crow this daycontent — σήμερον — the day already begun at sundown; the clock is short

until you deny three times that you know me.'conditional — temporal ἕως (typed cnd) — ἀπαρνήσῃ εἰδέναι: not desertion but disowning acquaintance; fulfilled to the letter at v. 57

vv. 35–38 — purse, bag, and sword: Isa 53 closing in

And he said to them:independent — the mission remembered

'When I sent you out with no money bag or knapsack or sandals,conditional — temporal ὅτε (typed cnd) — the sending of 9:3 and 10:4 recalled; leans on ὑστερήσατε

did you lack anything?'content — μή expects 'no' — provision under welcome, then

They said:independent — the assent

'Nothing.'content — one-word answer — the old economy of hospitality confirmed

He said to them:independent — the new orders

'But now let the one who has a money bag take it, and likewise a knapsack;content — ἀλλὰ νῦν — the hinge: welcome is over, hostility begins

and let the one who has none sell his cloakcontent — the cloak — a man's last possession (Exod 22:26) — traded away

and buy a sword.content — the sword-word — read here as grim figure for the coming crisis, not a call to arms (vv. 38, 51 disarm it)

For I tell you,cause — the γάρ-ground of the new orders

that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me:content — δεῖ — Luke's divine necessity; τελεσθῆναι, brought to its τέλος

'And he was numbered with the transgressors.'content — Isa 53:12 LXX — the Servant among the lawless; the article τό holds the quotation up like an exhibit

For what is written about me has its fulfillment.'cause — τέλος ἔχει — the double sense: reaches its goal / comes to its end; the wordplay with τελεσθῆναι kept

And they said:independent — the literal-minded reply

'Lord, look, here are two swords.'content — verbless — two blades produced at the Passover table; the misunderstanding complete

And he said to them:independent — the discourse closed

'It is enough.'content — ἱκανόν ἐστιν — the crux: 'enough of this!' (breaking off), hardly 'two will suffice'; the tag keeps both readings

The Mount of Olives — not my will but yours 22:39–46

vv. 39–42 — the customary place, the kneeling prayer

And going out,participial — preposed participle — leans on ἐπορεύθη

he proceeded, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives,independent — κατὰ τὸ ἔθος (21:37) — the nightly habit is how Judas knows where to find him; Luke names no Gethsemane

and the disciples followed him.independent — ἠκολούθησαν — still the discipleship verb, for a few hours more

And coming to the place,participial — preposed participle — leans on εἶπεν

he said to them:independent — the charge to all — Luke has no inner three here

'Pray that you may not enter into temptation.'content — πειρασμός — the Lord's-Prayer petition (11:4) made urgent; the scene's inclusio (v. 46)

And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw,independent — ἀπεσπάσθη — 'was torn away'; ὡσεὶ λίθου βολήν, near enough to be seen and heard

and kneeling down,participial — θεὶς τὰ γόνατα — kneeling, not Mark's prostration; the posture of Acts (7:60; 9:40; 20:36); leans on προσηύχετο

he prayed,independent — durative imperfect — the praying goes on

saying:participial — the words themselves quoted

'Father,phrase modifier — the bare vocative — Luke's Jesus prays πάτερ at every turn (10:21; 23:34, 46)

if you are willing,conditional — first-class protasis — the possibility left with the Father; leans on παρένεγκε

remove this cup from me.content — the cup — the OT cup of wrath (Isa 51:17); the third ποτήριον of the night after vv. 17, 20

Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.'content — πλήν — the surrender; γινέσθω echoes the Lord's Prayer's γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου

vv. 43–44 — [[the angel and the bloody sweat]] — the disputed agony

And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.independent — TEXT: vv. 43–44 stand in double brackets — absent from P75 ℵ¹ B A W, present in ℵ* D L and the versions; printed as the data prints them. ὤφθη — the angel of the wilderness (4:10–11) comes at last

And being in agony,participial — ἀγωνία — NT hapax: the athlete's shuddering before the contest; leans on προσηύχετο

he prayed more earnestly,independent — ἐκτενέστερον — the comparative: strengthened, he prays harder, not easier

and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.independent — ὡσεί — a simile, not a diagnosis: sweat LIKE blood-drops; ἱδρώς and θρόμβοι both NT hapax; the closing ]] ends the disputed passage

vv. 45–46 — sleeping for sorrow

And rising from prayer,participial — preposed participle — leans on εὗρεν

coming to the disciples,participial — one return in Luke, not Mark's three

he found them sleeping for sorrow,independent — ἀπὸ τῆς λύπης — Luke's charitable causal: grief, not indifference, closed their eyes

and he said to them:independent — the wake-up call

'Why are you sleeping?content — the gentle rebuke — no Simon-singled-out as in Mark

Rise and praycontent — the double command — posture and petition

that you may not enter into temptation.'purpose — the inclusio with v. 40 sealed — the scene opens and closes on the same petition

The arrest — the kiss, the ear, the hour of darkness 22:47–53

vv. 47–48 — the kiss

While he was still speaking,participial — genitive absolute — word and event collide; leans on the ἰδού-clause

behold, a crowd!independent — verbless ἰδού — two words; the mob simply IS there

and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them.independent — προήρχετο — Judas at the head of the column; εἷς τῶν δώδεκα, the wound restated

He drew near to Jesusindependent — ἤγγισεν — the chapter opened with the feast drawing near (v. 1); now the betrayer does

to kiss him,purpose — infinitive of purpose — in Luke the kiss is intended; the text never says it landed

But Jesus said to him:independent — the interception

'Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?'content — φιλήματι fronted — the means named before the crime; the friendship-sign turned weapon

vv. 49–51 — the sword-stroke and the healing

And those around him, seeing what was about to be,participial — preposed participle with future participle object (τὸ ἐσόμενον) — leans on εἶπαν

said:independent — they ask first — the two swords of v. 38 remembered

'Lord, shall we strike with the sword?'content — εἰ introducing a direct deliberative question (Septuagintal) — asked, then not waited for

And a certain one of them struck the servant of the high priestindependent — the blow before the answer — Luke leaves the striker nameless (John names Peter)

and cut off his right ear.independent — τὸ δεξιόν — Luke and John alone note it was the right ear

But Jesus, answering,participial — pleonastic ἀποκριθείς — leans on εἶπεν

said:independent — the violence stopped with a word

'No more of this!'content — ἐᾶτε ἕως τούτου — elliptical crux: 'let it go this far and no further'; the sword-line of v. 36 definitively closed

And touching the ear,participial — preposed participle — leans on ἰάσατο; ὠτίον, the diminutive

he healed him.independent — Luke alone — the physician-evangelist's last recorded healing is of an enemy, mid-arrest

vv. 52–53 — your hour, and the power of darkness

Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come out against him:independent — in Luke the leaders are present in person at the arrest — the στρατηγοί of v. 4 have come themselves

'Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?content — λῃστής — the brigand-word; the arrest-party's arms indict the arresters

When I was with you day after day in the temple,participial — genitive absolute inside the speech — the open teaching (19:47; 21:37); leans on ἐξετείνατε

you did not lay hands on me.content — the daylight restraint — fear of the people (v. 2) held their hands

But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.'content — Luke's theological verdict on the night — ἡ ἐξουσία τοῦ σκότους (Col 1:13); Satan's 'opportune time' (4:13) has come

Peter's denials — the fire, the rooster, the look 22:54–62

vv. 54–55 — led to the high priest's house; the courtyard fire

And seizing him,participial — preposed aorist participle — the arrest executed; leans on ἤγαγον

they led him awayindependent — the passion's verbs of conduction begin — he will be led from house to council (v. 66) to Pilate (23:1)

and brought him into the high priest's house.independent — the οἰκία, not yet the συνέδριον — in Luke the night holds custody, not a trial

And Peter was following at a distance.independent — imperfect ἠκολούθει — still the discipleship verb (v. 39), now qualified by μακρόθεν; the distance is the story

And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together,participial — double genitive absolute — the servants' fire against the spring night; leans on ἐκάθητο

Peter sat among them.independent — μέσος αὐτῶν — predicate: in the very middle of the arrest-party's company, lit by their fire

vv. 56–60 — three accusers, three denials, and the rooster mid-word

Then a servant girl, seeing him seated in the firelight,participial — πρὸς τὸ φῶς — the fire that warms him betrays him; leans on εἶπεν

and looking intently at him,participial — ἀτενίσασα — Luke's verb of the fixed gaze (4:20; Acts 3:4)

said:independent — accuser one — a παιδίσκη, the least in the courtyard

'This man also was with him.'content — third person — she tells the circle, not him; σὺν αὐτῷ, mere association is the whole charge

But he denied it,independent — ἠρνήσατο — denial one; the verb of 12:9's warning

saying:participial — the speech-frame

'Woman, I do not know him.'content — οὐκ οἶδα — disowned acquaintance, the exact form predicted: ἀπαρνήσῃ εἰδέναι (v. 34)

And a little later someone else, seeing him,participial — accuser two, a man this time; μετὰ βραχύ — the interval shortens; leans on ἔφη

said:independent — the charge sharpens

'You also are one of them.'content — second person now — καὶ σύ, to his face; ἐξ αὐτῶν, membership, not just company

But Peter said:independent — denial two

'Man, I am not.'content — οὐκ εἰμί — the anti-confession; contrast the ἐγώ εἰμι wrung out at v. 70

And after about an hour had passed,participial — genitive absolute — διαστάσης: a whole hour of borrowed safety; leans on διϊσχυρίζετο

still another kept insisting,independent — iterative imperfect — διϊσχυρίζομαι, to press the point with force (elsewhere in the NT only Acts 12:15, of Rhoda insisting it IS Peter)

saying:participial — accuser three

'Certainly this man also was with him,content — ἐπ' ἀληθείας — 'in truth': the accusation now sworn to

for he too is a Galilean.'cause — the evidence — his Galilean speech gives him away (Matt 26:73 makes the accent explicit)

But Peter said:independent — denial three

'Man, I do not know what you are talking about.'content — the deepest form — he no longer knows even the words; three denials, as predicted (v. 34)

And immediately, while he was still speaking,participial — genitive absolute — παραχρῆμα, Luke's signature adverb of the instant; leans on ἐφώνησεν

the rooster crowed.independent — ἔτι λαλοῦντος — the crow overlaps the denial itself; the word of v. 34 lands to the letter

vv. 61–62 — the Lord turns and looks; the bitter weeping

And turning,participial — preposed participle — leans on ἐνέβλεψεν

the Lord looked at Peter.independent — Luke alone — ὁ κύριος, the narrator's full title at the bleakest moment; ἐνέβλεψεν, the look across the courtyard that neither speaks nor spares

And Peter remembered the word of the Lord,independent — ὑπεμνήσθη + genitive — the look triggers the memory; τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦ κυρίου carries the scene

how he had said to him:content — ὡς — remembered speech, quoted from inside the memory

'Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.'content — v. 34 given back nearly verbatim — πρίν + infinitive; prophecy now transcript

And going outside,participial — preposed participle — out of the firelight, away from the courtyard; leans on ἔκλαυσεν

he wept bitterly.independent — πικρῶς — the sifting of v. 31 done; the ἐπιστρέψας of v. 32 begins in these tears

The mocking — Prophesy! Who struck you? 22:63–65

vv. 63–65 — the blindfold game, played on the prophet whose word has just come true

Now the men who were holding him were mocking him,independent — imperfects — the abuse fills the hours between arrest and daybreak (v. 66); ἐνέπαιζον fulfills 18:32, ἐμπαιχθήσεται; attributive οἱ συνέχοντες kept in line

beating him,participial — manner participle — δέρω, the beating the vineyard parable foresaw for the servants (20:10–11)

and blindfolding him,participial — περικαλύψαντες — covered all around; leans on ἐπηρώτων

they kept questioning him,independent — iterative imperfect — round after round of the game

saying:participial — the taunt quoted

'Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?'content — the blind-man's-buff taunt — prophecy demanded of the prophet whose word about Peter has just come true a courtyard away (vv. 34, 60–61)

And they said many other things against him, blaspheming.independent — βλασφημοῦντες — Luke's narrator names the mockery blasphemy; the summary imperfect draws the curtain on the night

The council at daybreak — out of his own mouth 22:66–71

vv. 66–69 — Are you the Christ? The ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν session saying

And when day came,conditional — temporal ὡς (typed cnd) — daybreak: in Luke the denials have run their course before any hearing, and the council meets by daylight; leans on συνήχθη

the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes,independent — πρεσβυτέριον — the corporate body, with priests and scribes in apposition; the formal τε καί pairing

and they led him away into their council,independent — συνέδριον — chamber and court at once; no witnesses will be called in Luke's hearing

saying:participial — the interrogation opens

'If you are the Christ,conditional — first-class protasis — leans on εἰπόν below; the first arm of Luke's double question (Christ here, Son of God at v. 70)

tell us.'content — the demand for self-incrimination — the whole case will rest on his own mouth (v. 71)

But he said to them:independent — the answer that names the trap before stepping past it

'If I tell you,conditional — third-class protasis — leans on πιστεύσητε; the echo of 20:1–8, where their refusal to answer ended the questions

you will not believe,content — οὐ μή + subjunctive — the strongest denial: the hearing's outcome is already fixed

and if I ask you,conditional — the matching protasis — leans on ἀποκριθῆτε

you will not answer.content — the balanced pair — neither role, answerer nor questioner, is open to him in this court

But from now on the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God.'content — Ps 110:1's session, spoken by Dan 7:13's Son of Man — but Luke's ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν (vv. 18, 69) replaces Mark's ὄψεσθε and drops the clouds: enthronement asserted as present fact, not future spectacle; periphrastic ἔσται καθήμενος; τῆς δυνάμεως, the reverent metonym

vv. 70–71 — Son of God? You say that I am

And they all said:independent — πάντες — the whole council presses the inference

'Are you the Son of God, then?'content — οὖν — they draw 'Son of God' out of the session saying themselves; the double question's second arm

And he said to them:independent — the reply on their terms

'You say that I am.'content — the guarded affirmative — the σὺ λέγεις-form with ὅτι: 'you (not I) say it' — and yet ἐγώ εἰμι stands inside their own sentence; both edges kept

Then they said:independent — the verdict, phrased as a question

'What further need do we have of testimony?content — no witnesses were ever called — in Luke the μαρτυρία they waive is the only kind this hearing had

For we have heard it ourselves from his own mouth.'cause — ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ — the case closed on his own mouth; the chapter ends mid-motion, the whole body rising for Pilate (23:1)

Analysis. Luke's passion night keeps the synoptic skeleton — plot, preparation, supper, Olivet, arrest, denials, council — but rebuilds the middle as a farewell meal in the Greco-Jewish testament tradition: after the cups the layout holds vv. 21–38 as one long table-session (betrayer announced, greatness disputed, thrones promised, Simon sifted, two swords produced), so the blue speech-column runs almost unbroken for eighteen verses. The supper itself is Luke's famous two-cup order: the eschatological Passover cup of vv. 17–18 ('I shall not drink from now on...') precedes the bread, and only then comes the cup 'after supper' — v. 20's τὸ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐκχυννόμενον is nominative, agreeing with τὸ ποτήριον rather than τῷ αἵματι, a famous grammatical wrinkle the tag names; the longer text (vv. 19b–20) is printed as the data prints it. On the Mount of Olives the strengthening angel and the sweat like drops of blood stand inside double brackets exactly as the critical editions print them — [[ὤφθη δὲ αὐτῷ ἄγγελος...]] — absent from P75 ℵ¹ B, present in many witnesses, flagged as disputed rather than silently resolved. Distinctively Lukan choices the layout takes a side on: Satan enters Judas (v. 3) and returns to demand the sifting of Simon (v. 31, ἐξῃτήσατο — aorist middle, 'obtained by asking'); the sword-word of v. 36 is answered by the grim ἱκανόν ἐστιν of v. 38 ('enough of this!', not 'two will suffice' — the tag keeps both readings); Peter's three denials run their course BEFORE any hearing, in the courtyard fire-light, and pivot on Luke's unbearable v. 61 — the Lord, inside, turns and looks at Peter; and the Sanhedrin meets only at daybreak (v. 66), where the double question (Christ? Son of God?) is met by the Son-of-Man session saying — ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν, Ps 110:1 without Dan 7's clouds — and the council closes the case on his own mouth: Τί ἔτι ἔχομεν μαρτυρίας χρείαν; Between denial and hearing, the guards' night of mockery (vv. 63–65) stands as its own small scene: the blindfold and the Προφήτευσον taunt demand prophecy of the prophet whose word about Peter has just come true a courtyard away — and the narrator names the sport for what it is, blasphemy.