John 19:4 - Easy To Read Version Again Pilate came out and said to the Jewish leaders, “Look! I am bringing Jesus out to you. I want you to know that I find nothing I can charge against him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I bring Him out to you, so that you may know that I find no fault (crime, cause for accusation) in Him. American Standard Version (1901) And Pilate went out again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find no crime in him. Common English Bible Pilate came out of the palace again and said to the Jewish leaders, “Look! I’m bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no grounds for a charge against him.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then Pilate went outside again, and he said to them: "Behold, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may realize that I find no case against him." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith to them: Behold, I bring him forth unto you, that you may know that I find no cause in him. |
Pilate said these things while he was sitting in the place for judging. While he was sitting there, his wife sent a message to him. The message said, “Don’t do anything with that man (Jesus). He is not guilty. And today I had a dream about him, and it troubled me very much.”
Pilate saw that he could do nothing to make the people change. And he saw that the people were becoming upset. So Pilate took some water and washed his hands {\cf2\super [429]} so that all the people could see. Then Pilate said, “I am not guilty of this man’s death. You are the ones that are doing it!”
The army officer {\cf2\super [435]} and the soldiers guarding Jesus saw this earthquake and everything that happened. They were very afraid and said, “He really was the Son of God!”
Pilate said to the leading priests and the people, “I find nothing wrong with this man.”
You and I are guilty; we should be killed because we did wrong. But this man (Jesus) has done nothing wrong!”
The army officer {\cf2\super [383]} there saw what happened. He praised God, saying, “I know this man was a good man!”
Then Pilate went back inside the palace. Pilate called Jesus to him. He asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
Pilate said, “What is truth?” When Pilate said this, he went out to the Jewish leaders again. Pilate said to them, “I can find nothing to charge against this man.
When the leading priests and the Jewish guards saw Jesus they yelled, “Kill him on a cross! Kill him on a cross!”
So Jesus is the kind of high priest {\cf2\super [73]} that we need. He is holy. {\cf2\super [74]} He has no sin in him. He is pure and not influenced by sinners. And he is raised above the heavens.
But you were bought with the precious blood (death) of Christ—a pure and perfect lamb.
“He (Christ) did no sin,\par and no lies were found in his mouth.”\par \i (Isaiah 53:9)\i0 \par
Christ himself died for you. And that one death paid for your sins. He was not guilty, but he died for people who are guilty. He did this to bring you all to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit.
You know that Christ came to take away people’s sins. There is no sin in Christ.