But Peter kept insisting emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, still I will not deny [knowing] you.” And all the rest of the disciples spoke the same way.
Luke 23:23 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) But the people loudly demanded that Jesus be crucified. And their shouting won out. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they were insistent and urgent, demanding with loud cries that He should be crucified. And their voices prevailed (accomplished their purpose). American Standard Version (1901) But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed. Common English Bible But they were adamant, shouting their demand that Jesus be crucified. Their voices won out. Catholic Public Domain Version But they persisted, with loud voices, in demanding that he be crucified. And their voices increased in intensity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified; and their voices prevailed. |
But Peter kept insisting emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, still I will not deny [knowing] you.” And all the rest of the disciples spoke the same way.
So, Pilate called out to them a third time, “Why [should he be crucified]; what wrong has this man done? I have not found any reason for putting him to death, so I will punish him and [then] release him.”
But the group became more insistent, saying, “He is stirring up the people and teaching [these things] throughout all Judea. He began [doing this] in Galilee and [has continued it] even to this place [i.e., Jerusalem].”