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John 19:11

11 Jesus answered Pilate, “You wouldn’t have any authority over me if it hadn’t been given to you from above. That’s why the man who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.” 

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John 19:11 — The New International Version (NIV)

11 Jesus answered, You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

John 19:11 — English Standard Version (ESV)

11 Jesus answered him, You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.”

John 19:11 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

John 19:11 — New Living Translation (NLT)

11 Then Jesus said, You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”

John 19:11 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

11 Jesus answered, You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

John 19:11 — New Century Version (NCV)

11 Jesus answered, “The only power you have over me is the power given to you by God. The man who turned me in to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

John 19:11 — American Standard Version (ASV)

11 Jesus answered him, Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.

John 19:11 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

11 Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has the greater sin.

John 19:11 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11 You would have no authority over Me at all,” Jesus answered him, if it hadn’t been given you from above. This is why the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”

John 19:11 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

11 Jesus answered him, You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

John 19:11 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

11 Jesus replied to him, “You would not have any authority over me unless it was given to you from above. For this reason the one who handed me over to you has greater sin.”

John 19:11 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

11 Jesus answered, “You were given power from heaven. If you weren’t, you would have no power over me. So the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

John 19:11 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

11 Jesus answered, You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”


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