The Soldiers Mock Jesus
John 19:11
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
- KJV
- Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
- WEB
- Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”
- ASV
- Jesus answered him, Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.
- LSV
- Jesus answered, “You would have no authority against Me if it were not having been given you from above; because of this, he who is delivering Me up to you has greater sin.”
- YLT
- Jesus answered, 'Thou wouldest have no authority against me, if it were not having been given thee from above; because of this, he who is delivering me up to thee hath greater sin.'
- DBY
- Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has [the] greater sin.
- DRC
- Jesus answered: Thou shouldst not have any power against me, unless it were given thee from above. Therefore, he that hath delivered me to thee, hath the greater sin.
- GNV
- Iesus answered, Thou couldest haue no power at all against me, except it were giuen thee from aboue: therefore he that deliuered me vnto thee, hath the greater sinne.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτῷ (“to him”); Textus Receptus read ὁ (“the”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read παραδούς (“having betrayed”); Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read παραδιδούς (“betraying”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place οὐδεμίαν elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place δεδομένον elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (4)
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- SBLGNT: αὐτῷ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτῷ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: κατʼ ἐμοῦ οὐδεμίαν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κατʼ ἐμοῦ οὐδεμίαν; Robinson–Pierpont read οὐδεμίαν κατʼ ἐμοῦ.
- SBLGNT: δεδομένον σοι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δεδομένον σοι; Robinson–Pierpont read σοι δεδομένον.
- SBLGNT: παραδούς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read παραδούς; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read παραδιδούς.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς· Οὐκ εἶχες ἐξουσίαν κατʼ ἐμοῦ οὐδεμίαν εἰ μὴ ἦν δεδομένον σοι ἄνωθεν· διὰ τοῦτο ὁ παραδούς μέ σοι μείζονα ἁμαρτίαν ἔχει.
- RP2018
- Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς, Οὐκ εἶχες ἐξουσίαν οὐδεμίαν κατ’ ἐμοῦ, εἰ μὴ ἦν σοι δεδομένον ἄνωθεν· διὰ τοῦτο ὁ παραδιδούς μέ σοι μείζονα ἁμαρτίαν ἔχει.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Οὐκ εἶχες ἐξουσίαν οὐδεμίαν κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ, εἰ μὴ ἦν σοι δεδομένον ἄνωθεν· διὰ τοῦτο ὁ παραδιδούς μέ σοι μείζονα ἁμαρτίαν ἔχει.
- SCR1894
- απεκριθη ο ιησους ουκ ειχες εξουσιαν ουδεμιαν κατ εμου ει μη ην σοι δεδομενον ανωθεν δια τουτο ο παραδιδους με σοι μειζονα αμαρτιαν εχει
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Pilate, PontiusDemagogismPoliticsOpinion, PublicHumiliation of ChristJohn, Gospel ofPrisonersAuthority in ReligionKingGovernment
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Cross-references most cited first
- Romans 13:1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
- John 3:27John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
- Acts 2:23He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
- Daniel 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the…
- John 7:30So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- 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.
- Daniel 4:25You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you…
- James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- Luke 12:47–48That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows.…
- James 4:17Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
- Jeremiah 27:5–8By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please. So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar…
- Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
- Acts 4:28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
- Daniel 5:21He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High…
- Matthew 27:2They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
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