Jesus before Pilate
John 18:30
In 9 translations
- 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 evil-doer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee.
- LSV
- They answered and said to him, “If He were not doing evil, we had not delivered Him to you.”
- YLT
- they answered and said to him, 'If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.'
- DBY
- They answered and said to him, If this [man] were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up to thee.
- DRC
- They answered, and said to him: If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee.
- GNV
- They answered, and saide vnto him, If hee were not an euill doer, we woulde not haue deliuered him vnto thee.
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ποιῶν (“doing”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read κακοποιός (“an evildoer”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Spelling of εἶπαν: Textus Receptus: εἶπον.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place κακὸν elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: κακὸν ποιῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κακὸν ποιῶν; Robinson–Pierpont read κακοποιός.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· Εἰ μὴ ἦν οὗτος κακὸν ποιῶν, οὐκ ἄν σοι παρεδώκαμεν αὐτόν.
- RP2018
- Ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Εἰ μὴ ἦν οὗτος κακοποιός, οὐκ ἄν σοι παρεδώκαμεν αὐτόν.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Εἰ μὴ ἦν οὗτος κακοποιός, οὐκ ἄν σοι παρεδώκαμεν αὐτόν.
- SCR1894
- απεκριθησαν και ειπον αυτω ει μη ην ουτος κακοποιος ουκ αν σοι παρεδωκαμεν αυτον
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 19:12From 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.”
- Mark 15:3And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.
- 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.’”
- Acts 3:13The 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.
- Luke 20:19–26When 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. So they watched Him closely and sent spies who…
- Luke 23:2–5And 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.” So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”…
- 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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