John 18:30
In reply they said, "If he had not been a criminal, we should not have handed him over you."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
29So Pilate came outside to them and asked, "What charge do you bring against this man?"
31"Take him yourselves," answered Pilate, "and judge him according to your law."
Cross References
Mark 10:33"See," said he, "we are going up to Jerusalem and the Son of man will be betrayed to the high priests and the Scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will hand him over to the Gentiles,
Luke 20:19At this the Scribes and the high priests were seeking to arrest him; only they were afraid of the people. For they perceived that he had referred to them in this parable.
Luke 24:7that the Son of man had to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, and to be crucified, and to rise on the third day?"
Acts 3:13"The God of Abram, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to let him go;
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 →