Mark 15:14 - Easy To Read Version Pilate asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Pilate said to them, Why? What has He done that is evil? But they shouted with all their might all the more, Crucify Him [at once]! American Standard Version (1901) And Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, Crucify him. Common English Bible Pilate said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done?” They shouted even louder, “Crucify him!” Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, Pilate said to them: "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out all the more, "Crucify him." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Pilate saith to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more: Crucify him. |
I have more enemies\par than the hairs on my head.\par They hate me for no reason.\par They try hard to destroy me.\par My enemies tell lies about me.\par They lied and said I stole things.\par And then they forced me to pay\par for things I did not steal.\par
People made fun of him, and his friends left him. He was a man that had much pain. He knew sickness very well. People did not even give him the honor of looking at him. We did not even notice him.
He died and was buried with the rich. He was buried with evil men. He did nothing wrong—he never spoke lies—but still these things happened to 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.”
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 wanted to please the people. So Pilate freed Barabbas for them. And Pilate told the soldiers to beat Jesus with whips. Then Pilate gave Jesus to the soldiers to be killed on a cross.
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!”
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!”
They could not find any real reason why Jesus should die, but they asked Pilate to kill him.
But when the people saw that Alexander was a Jew, they all began shouting the same thing. They continued shouting for two hours. The people said, “Great is Artemis of Ephesus! Great is Artemis of Ephesus! Great is Artemis …!”
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.