John 19:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The Jewish leaders answered, “We have a law that says he must die, because he said he is the Son of God.”

Cross References

Leviticus 24:16

Anyone who speaks against the name of the Lord must be put to death. All the people must stone him. Any foreigner or anyone born in Israel who uses the Lord’s name in a bad way must be put to death.

John 5:18

This made them even more determined to kill him. They thought it was bad enough that he was breaking the law about the Sabbath day. And now he was saying that God is his Father, making himself equal with God!

Mark 15:39

The army officer who was standing there in front of the cross saw what happened when Jesus died. The officer said, “This man really was the Son of God!”

Deuteronomy 18:20

“But a prophet might say something that I did not tell him to say. And he might tell people that he is speaking for me. If this happens, that prophet must be killed. Also a prophet might come that speaks for other gods. That prophet must also be killed.

Isaiah 53:4

The fact is, it was our suffering he took on himself; he bore our pain. But we thought that God was punishing him, that God was beating him for something he did.

John 19:8

When Pilate heard this, he was more afraid.

Acts 18:13

They said to Gallio, “This man is teaching people to worship God in a way that is against our law!”