Acts 13:28 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁸ They asked Pilate to have Him put to death, even though they could not find any [legitimate] reason to execute Him.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ And although they could find no cause deserving death with which to charge Him, yet they asked Pilate to have Him executed and put out of the way.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ And though they found no cause of death in him, yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain.

Common English Bible

²⁸ Even though they didn’t find a single legal basis for the death penalty, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And although they found no case for death against him, they petitioned Pilate, so that they might put him to death.

Acts 13:28 Cross References

Matthew 27:19

Then while Pilate was seated in his courtroom of justice, his wife sent [word] to him, saying, “You should have nothing to do with that innocent man. For I was very troubled in a dream over him today.” [Note: That is, she was troubled over a dream she had before waking up that morning].

John 18:38

Pilate replied to Him, “What is truth?” After saying this, Pilate again went outside to the Jews and said to them, “I do not find him guilty of any crime.

John 19:4

Now Pilate went outside again and said to the Jewish authorities, “Look, I am bringing him out here to you, so you can know that I do not find him guilty of any crime.”