John 19:8
6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
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.
Compare
- BSB
- When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid,
- KJV
- When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
- WEB
- When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.
- ASV
- When Pilate therefore heard this saying, he was the more afraid;
- DARBY
- When Pilate therefore heard this word, he was the rather afraid,
- BLB
- Therefore when Pilate heard this word, he was even more afraid.
- ÅB
- Da nå Pilatus hørte dette ord, ble han enda mere redd,
- OTB
- Da Pilatus hørte dette, ble han enda mer redd.
- B1930
- Da nu Pilatus hørte dette ord, blev han ennu mere redd,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 19:13
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
Read in contextActs 14:11–19
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
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