John 18:30
They answered him, If He were not a malefactor, we should not have delivered Him to thee.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
29Therefore Pilate went out to them, and said, What accusation do ye bring against this man?
Cross References
Mark 10:33saying, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and the scribes, and they will condemn Him to death, and deliver Him to the Gentiles;
Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes would have laid hands on Him at that very time, but were afraid of the people: for they perceived that He had spoken this parable against them.
Luke 24:7saying, the Son of man must be delivered into the hands of wicked men, and be crucified; and the third day rise again.
Acts 3:13The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers hath glorified his son Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied before Pilate, when he determined 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 →