John 18:31

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Then sayde Pilate vnto them: Take ye him, and iudge him after your owne lawe. The Iewes therfore sayde vnto hym: It is not lawfull for vs to put any man to death.

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  • Gen 49:10 : 10 The scepter shal not depart from Iuda, and a law geuer from betweene his feete, vntyll Silo come: And vnto hym shall the gatheryng of the people be.
  • Ezek 21:26-27 : 26 Thus saith the Lorde God, I wyll take away the Diademe, and put of the crowne: this shalbe no more the same, I wyll exalt the humble, and abase him that is hye. 27 Ouerthrowen, ouerthrowen, ouerthrowen wyll I put it, and it shall not be, vntyll he come to whom the iudgement belongeth, and to whom I haue geuen it.
  • Hos 3:4-5 : 4 For the chyldren of Israel shall sit a great whyle without kyng, without prince, without sacrifice, without image, without Ephod, and without Theraphim. 5 But afterward the chyldren of Israel shalbe conuerted and seeke the Lord their God, and Dauid their kyng, and in the latter dayes they shall worship the Lorde, and his louing kindnesse.
  • John 19:6-7 : 6 When the hye priestes therefore and officers sawe hym, they cryed, saying: crucifie hym, crucifie hym. Pilate sayth vnto them, Take ye hym, and crucifie hym: for I fynde no cause in hym. 7 The Iewes aunswered hym: We haue a lawe, and by our lawe he ought to dye, because he made hym selfe the sonne of God.
  • John 19:15 : 15 They cryed, away with hym, away with hym, crucifie hym. Pilate sayth vnto them: Shall I crucifie your king? The hye priestes aunswered: We haue no king but Caesar.
  • Acts 25:18-20 : 18 Agaynst whom, when the accusers stoode vp, they brought none accusation of such thynges as I supposed: 19 But had certayne questions agaynst hym of their owne superstition, and of one Iesus which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alyue. 20 And because I doubted of such maner of questions, I asked hym whether he woulde go to Hierusalem, and there be iudged of these matters.

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  • John 19:6-8
    3 verses
    81%

    6When the hye priestes therefore and officers sawe hym, they cryed, saying: crucifie hym, crucifie hym. Pilate sayth vnto them, Take ye hym, and crucifie hym: for I fynde no cause in hym.

    7The Iewes aunswered hym: We haue a lawe, and by our lawe he ought to dye, because he made hym selfe the sonne of God.

    8When Pilate hearde that saying, he was the more afrayde.

  • John 18:32-35
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    80%

    32That the wordes of Iesus myght be fulfylled, whiche he spake, signifiyng what death he shoulde dye.

    33Then Pilate entred into the iudgement hall againe, and called Iesus, and sayde vnto hym: Art thou the kyng of the Iewes?

    34Iesus aunswered: Sayest thou that of thy selfe, or did other tell it thee of me?

    35Pilate aunswered: am I a Iewe? Thyne owne nation & hye priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me, what hast thou done?

  • John 18:28-30
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    80%

    28Then led they Iesus fro Caiaphas into the hall of iudgement. It was in the mornyng: And they them selues went not into the iudgement hall, leste they shoulde be defyled: but that they myght eate the Passouer.

    29Pilate then went out vnto them, and said: What accusatio bryng you against this man?

    30They aunswered, and said vnto him: Yf he were not an euyll doer, we would not haue deliuered hym vnto thee.

  • John 18:38-39
    2 verses
    78%

    38Pilate sayde vnto him: What thyng is trueth? And when he had sayde this, he went out agayne vnto the Iewes, & sayth vnto them, I fynde in hym no cause at all.

    39Ye haue a custome, that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at ye Passouer: Wyll ye that I loose vnto you the kyng of the Iewes?

  • Mark 15:12-14
    3 verses
    77%

    12Pilate aunswered agayne, and sayde vnto them: What wyll ye then that I do vnto hym, whom ye call the kyng of the Iewes?

    13And they cryed agayne, crucifie hym.

    14Pilate sayde vnto them: What euyll hath he done? And they cryed the more feruently, crucifie hym.

  • John 19:10-16
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    77%

    10Then sayde Pilate vnto hym: Speakest thou not vnto me? Knowest thou not that I haue power to crucifie thee, and haue power to loose thee?

    11Iesus aunswered: Thou couldest haue no power at all agaynst me, except it were geuen thee from aboue: Therfore he that deliuered me vnto thee, hath the more sinne.

    12And from thencefoorth sought Pilate meanes to loose hym. But the Iewes cryed, saying: Yf thou let hym go, thou art not Caesers friend. For whosoeuer maketh hym selfe a kyng, speaketh agaynst Caesar.

    13When Pilate hearde that saying, he brought Iesus foorth, & he sate downe in the iudgement seate, in a place that is called the pauement, but in the Hebrue tounge, Gabbatha.

    14It was the preparyng of ye Passouer, and about the sixt houre: And he sayth vnto the Iewes, beholde your kyng.

    15They cryed, away with hym, away with hym, crucifie hym. Pilate sayth vnto them: Shall I crucifie your king? The hye priestes aunswered: We haue no king but Caesar.

    16Then deliuered he hym vnto them, to be crucified. And they toke Iesus, & ledde hym away.

  • Mark 15:9
    76%

    9Pilate aunswered them, saying: Wyll ye that I let loose vnto you the kyng of the Iewes?

  • John 19:21
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    21Then sayde the hye priestes of the Iewes to Pilate, Write not kyng of the Iewes: but, that he sayde, I am kyng of the Iewes.

  • Mark 15:1-2
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    75%

    1And anone in the dawnyng, the hye priestes held a councel, with the elders, and the scribes, and the whole congregation, and bound Iesus, and ledde hym away, and deliuered hym to Pilate.

    2And Pilate asked hym: Art thou the kyng of the Iewes? And he aunswered and sayde vnto hym: thou sayest it?

  • Matt 27:22-23
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    75%

    22Pilate sayde vnto them: What shall I do then with Iesus, whiche is called Christe? They all sayde vnto hym: let hym be crucified.

    23The deputie sayde: What euyll hath he done? But they cryed the more, saying: let hym be crucified.

  • Acts 13:28
    74%

    28And though they founde no cause of death in hym, yet desired they Pilate to kyll hym.

  • Luke 23:14-15
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    74%

    14And said vnto them: Ye haue brought this man vnto me, as one yt peruerteth the people: and behold, I examine him before you, & finde no fault in this man of those thinges wherof ye accuse hym:

    15No, nor yet Herode: For I sent you to hym, and loe nothing worthy of death is done to hym.

  • Luke 23:24
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    24And Pilate gaue sentence, that it should be as they required.

  • Acts 24:6
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    6And hath gone about to pollute the temple: Whom we toke, and woulde haue iudged accordyng to our lawe.

  • Matt 27:2
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    2And brought hym bounde, and deliuered hym to Pontius Pilate the deputie.

  • Matt 26:66
    72%

    66What thynke ye? They aunswered and sayde: he is worthy to dye.

  • Luke 23:3-4
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    72%

    3And Pilate apposed hym, saying: Art thou the kyng of the Iewes? He aunswered hym, and sayde: Thou sayest it.

    4Then saide Pilate to the hye priestes, and to the people: I finde no fault in this man.

  • Matt 27:17
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    17Therfore, when they were gathered together, Pilate saide vnto them: whether wyll ye that I geue loose vnto you Barabbas, or Iesus, whiche is called Christe?

  • John 7:51
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    51Doth our lawe iudge any man, before it heare hym, and knowe what he hath done?

  • John 11:50
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    50Nor consider, that it is expedient for vs, that one man dye for the people, and not that all the people perishe.

  • Matt 27:11
    72%

    11Iesus stode before the deputie, and the deputie asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Iewes? Iesus saith vnto hym: thou sayest.

  • Luke 23:21-22
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    72%

    21But they cryed, saying: Crucifie hym, crucifie hym.

    22He sayde vnto them the thirde tyme: What euyll hath he done? I finde no cause of death in hym, I wyll therefore chasten hym, and let hym go.

  • Acts 25:16
    72%

    16To whom I aunswered: It is not the maner of the Romanes, for fauour to delyuer any man that he shoulde perishe, before that he which is accused, haue the accusers before hym, and haue licence to aunswere for hymselfe, concernyng the cryme layde agaynst hym.

  • Matt 27:20
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    20But the chiefe priestes & elders perswaded the people, that they shoulde aske Barabbas, and destroy Iesus.

  • John 19:4
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    4Pilate went foorth agayne, and sayde vnto them: Beholde, I bryng hym foorth to you, that ye may knowe that I fynde no fault in hym.

  • Luke 24:20
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    20And howe the hye priestes, and our rulers deliuered him to be condempned to death, and haue crucified him.

  • Matt 27:4
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    4Saying: I haue synned, betraying the innocent blood. And they said: what is that to vs? see thou to that.

  • John 18:12
    71%

    12Then the companie, and the capitaine, and officers of the Iewes, toke Iesus, and bounde hym,

  • Mark 15:4
    71%

    4So Pilate asked hym agayne, saying: Aunswerest thou nothyng? Beholde, howe many thynges they witnesse agaynst thee.