Particle mēti (is it not) in the Bible

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and T. McClay for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

7: 16You will know them by their fruits. Are not (mēti) grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
12: 23All the crowds were amazed and said, "Is not (mēti) this one Son of David?"
26: 22And they became greatly distressed and began to say to him one after another, "Is it not (mēti) me, Lord?"
26: 25Judas, who betrayed him, said, "Is it not (mēti) I, Rabbi?" He replied, "You have said so."

Mark

4: 21He said to them, "Is not (mēti) a lamp brought in to be put under the bushel basket, or under the bed, and not on the lampstand?
14: 19They began to be distressed and to say to him one after another, "Is it not (mēti) I?"

Luke

6: 39He also told them a parable: "Is it not (mēti) a blind person able to guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?
9: 13But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish - Are we not (mēti), having left, to buy food for all these people?"

John

4: 29"Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! Is he not (mēti) this one the Messiah?"
8: 22Then the Jews said, "Is he not (mēti) going to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
18: 35Pilate replied, "Would I be (mēti) a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?"

Acts

10: 47"Is it not (mēti) anyone withholding the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?"

1 Corinthians

6: 3Do you not know that we are to judge angels - is it not (mēti) at least the ordinary matters?
7: 5Do not deprive one another, or is there not (mēti) perhaps an agreement for a set time, to devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

2 Corinthians

1: 17Therefore, in wanting this project, was I not (mēti) using lightness? Do I make my plans according to ordinary human standards, ready to say "Yes, yes" and "No, no" at the same time?
12: 18I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. Did he not (mēti) Titus take advantage of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves with the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?
13: 5Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you? - Otherwise, would you not (mēti) be disqualified.

James

3: 11Is it not (mēti) a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water?

Daniel (LXX: Old Greek)

2: 11And the thing that you seek, O king, is difficult and important. And there is no one who can disclose these things or is it (mēti) perhaps an angel, whose habitation is not with any flesh; therefore, it is not possible that it happen, as you imagine."