John 18:29

So Pilate came outside to them and asked, "What charge do you bring against this man?"

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?

In Context

28From the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Praetorium, and it was dawn. They themselves would not enter the Praetorium, in order that they might not be ceremonially defiled, but might be able to eat the Passover.

30In reply they said, "If he had not been a criminal, we should not have handed him over you."

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Cross References

Matthew 27:11Now Jesus stood before the Governor, and the Governor questioned him. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he asked.

Mark 15:2Pilate questioned him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" In reply Jesus said, "It is as you say."

Acts 23:28"Anxious to find out why they had accused him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.

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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