But since you [Jews] have a custom that I should release to you one [prisoner] during the Passover Festival, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
John 19:10 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Then Pilate said to Him, “Are you not going to speak to me? Do you not know that I have the authority to release you or to crucify you?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Pilate said to Him, Will You not speak [even] to me? Do You not know that I have power (authority) to release You and I have power to crucify You? American Standard Version (1901) Pilate therefore saith unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to release thee, and have power to crucify thee? Common English Bible So Pilate said, “You won’t speak to me? Don’t you know that I have authority to release you and also to crucify you?” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Pilate said to him: "Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to crucify you, and I have authority to release you?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Pilate therefore saith to him: Speakest thou not to me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and I have power to release thee? |
But since you [Jews] have a custom that I should release to you one [prisoner] during the Passover Festival, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
Jesus answered him, “You would not have any authority over me unless it were given to you from above [i.e., from God]. So, the person who turned me over to you is guilty of a worse sin.”
and went back into the headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where did you come from?” But Jesus did not answer him.