John 18:30

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“They answered and said unto him, If this man were not an evil-doer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“they answered and said to him, `If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 18:30 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Mark 10:33“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles,
  2. Mark 15:3And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things.
  3. Luke 20:19When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
  4. Luke 23:2And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”
  5. Luke 24:7‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”
  6. John 19:12From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
  7. Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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