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John 18:29–30

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29aTherefore Pilate went out to them and *said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?”

30They answered and said to him, “If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you.”

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Footnotes

  1. *Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.

Cross references

  1. aJohn 18:29–38: Matt 27:11–14; Mark 15:2–5; Luke 23:2, 3

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So Pilate went outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” They answered him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?”

“If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Pilate came out to them and said, “What charge do you bring against this man?”

They answered him, “If this man weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed him over to you.”

NLTNew Living Translation

So Pilate, the governor, went out to them and asked, “What is your charge against this man?”

“We wouldn’t have handed him over to you if he weren’t a criminal!” they retorted.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Pilate came outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” They answered and said to him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have handed him over to you!”

KJV 1900King James Version

Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.