Verse 30

They answered him, 'If he weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed him over to you.'

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  • Mark 10:33 : 33 'We are going up to Jerusalem,' he said, 'and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to the Gentiles.
  • Mark 15:3 : 3 The chief priests accused Him of many things, but He did not respond.
  • Luke 20:19-26 : 19 The chief priests and the scribes sought to arrest him right then, but they feared the people because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. 20 They watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere, so that they might trap him in something he said and hand him over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. 21 So they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in truth. 22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?' 23 But he perceived their craftiness and said to them, 'Why are you testing me?' 24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?' They answered, 'Caesar’s.' 25 He said to them, 'Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.' 26 They were unable to trap him in his words in front of the people, and amazed at his answer, they became silent.
  • Luke 23:2-5 : 2 They began to accuse Him, saying, 'We found this man misleading our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and claiming to be Christ, a King.' 3 So Pilate asked Him, 'Are You the King of the Jews?' Jesus answered, 'You say so.' 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, 'I find no guilt in this man.' 5 But they insisted, 'He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning in Galilee and coming all the way here.'
  • Luke 24:7 : 7 "The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and on the third day rise again."
  • John 19:12 : 12 Because of this, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jews kept shouting, "If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar."
  • Acts 3:13 : 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied before Pilate, though he had decided to release Him.