John 18:30

They answered and said to him: If this man were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29Pilate therefore went out to them, and said: What accusation do ye bring against this man?

31Pilate therefore said to them: Do ye take him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is not lawful for us to put any one to death;

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Cross References

Mark 10:33Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests, and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death and will deliver him up to the Gentiles;

Luke 20:19And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that hour; and they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.

Luke 24:7saying: The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.

Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he decided to release him.

Matthew Henry on John 18:29-40

Christ in the Judgment-Hall; Christ Arraigned before Pilate. 28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? 30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him… Read the whole commentary →

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