Luke 24:20

18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?

19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

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
Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.
KJV
And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
WEB
and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
ASV
and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
DARBY
and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to [the] judgment of death and crucified him.
BLB
and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the judgment of death, and they crucified Him.
ÅB
og hvordan våre yppersteprester og rådsherrer har overgitt ham til dødsdom og korsfestet ham.
OTB
og hvordan yppersteprestene og våre herskere overga Ham for å bli dømt til døden, og korsfestet Ham.
B1930
og hvorledes våre yppersteprester og rådsherrer har overgitt ham til dødsdom og korsfestet ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 27:20

    But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

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  • Acts 3:13–15

    The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

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  • Luke 23:13

    And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

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  • Acts 4:8–10

    Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

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  • Acts 13:27–29

    For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

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  • Matthew 27:1–2

    When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

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  • Mark 15:1

    And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

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  • Acts 5:30–31

    The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

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