John 19:7

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 53:4

But he took our suffering on him and felt our pain for us. We saw his suffering and thought God was punishing him.

Leviticus 24:16

Anyone who speaks against the Lord must be put to death; all the people must kill him by throwing stones at him. Foreigners must be punished just like the people born in Israel; if they speak against the Lord, they must be put to death.

Mark 15:39

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

John 19:8

When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid.

John 5:18

This made them try still harder to kill him. They said, “First Jesus was breaking the law about the Sabbath day. Now he says that God is his own Father, making himself equal with God!”

Acts 18:13

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

Deuteronomy 18:20

But if a prophet says something I did not tell him to say as though he were speaking for me, or if a prophet speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must be killed.”