Pilate asked, “Why do you want me to kill him? What wrong has he done?”
John 18:29 - Easy To Read Version So Pilate went outside to the Jews. He asked, “What do you say this man has done wrong?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Pilate went out to them and said, What accusation do you bring against this Man? American Standard Version (1901) Pilate therefore went out unto them, and saith, What accusation bring ye against this man? Common English Bible So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What charge do you bring against this man?” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Pilate went outside to them, and he said, "What accusation are you bringing against this man?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Pilate therefore went out to them, and said: What accusation bring you against this man? |
Pilate asked, “Why do you want me to kill him? What wrong has he done?”
The Jews answered, “He is a bad man. That is why we brought him to you.”
Then Pilate went back inside the palace. Pilate called Jesus to him. He asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
But I answered, ‘When a man is accused of doing something wrong, Romans don’t give the man to other people to judge. First, the man must face the people that are accusing him. And he must be allowed to defend himself against their charges.’
These things really happened when Herod, {\cf2\super [76]} Pontius Pilate, the nations, and the Jewish people all ‘came together’ against Jesus here in Jerusalem. Jesus is your holy Servant. He is the One you (God) made to be the Christ. {\cf2\super [77]}