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John 18:30

28 Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

29 So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”

“If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”

31 “You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.

32 This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”
KJV
They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
WEB
They answered him, “If this man weren’t an evildoer, we wouldn’t have delivered him up to you.”
ASV
They answered and said unto him, If this man were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee.
DARBY
They answered and said to him, If this [man] were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up to thee.
BLB
They answered and said to him, “If He were not doing evil, we would not have delivered Him up to you.”
ÅB
De svarte ham: Var dette ikke en ugjerningsmann, da hadde vi ikke overgitt ham til deg.
OTB
De svarte: "Hvis han ikke var skyldig, ville vi ikke ha overgitt ham til deg."
B1930
De svarte ham: Var dette ikke en ugjerningsmann, da hadde vi ikke overgitt ham til dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Mark 15:3

    And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.

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  • John 19:12

    From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”

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  • Luke 23:2–5

    And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”

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  • Mark 10:33

    “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles,

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  • Luke 20:19–26

    When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.

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  • Acts 3:13

    The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

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  • Luke 24:7

    ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”

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