John 18:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then sayde Pilate vnto them, Take yee him, and iudge him after your owne Lawe. Then the Iewes sayde vnto him, It is not lawfull for vs to put any man to death.

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  • Gen 49:10 : 10 The scepter shall not depart from Iudah, nor a Lawegiuer from betweene his feete, vntill Shiloh come, and the people shall be gathered vnto him.
  • Ezek 21:26-27 : 26 Thus saith the Lord God, I will take away the diademe, and take off the crowne: this shalbe no more the same: I wil exalt the humble, and will abase him that is hie. 27 I wil ouerturne, ouerturne, ouerturne it, and it shall be no more vntill he come, whose right it is, and I will giue it him.
  • Hos 3:4-5 : 4 For the children of Israel shall remaine many dayes without a King & without a prince, and without an offering, and without an image, and without an Ephod and without Teraphim. 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel conuert, and seeke the Lorde their God, and Dauid their King, and shall feare the Lord, and his goodnes in the latter dayes.
  • John 19:6-7 : 6 Then when the hie Priests & officers sawe him, they cried, saying, Crucifie, crucifie him. Pilate said vnto them, Take yee him and crucifie him: for I finde no fault in him. 7 The Iewes answered him, We haue a lawe, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himselfe the Sonne of God.
  • John 19:15 : 15 But they cried, Away with him, away with him, crucifie him. Pilate sayde vnto them, Shall I crucifie your King? The high Priestes answered, We haue no King but Cesar.
  • Acts 25:18-20 : 18 Against whom when the accusers stood vp, they brought no crime of such things as I supposed: 19 But had certaine questions against him of their owne superstition, and of one Iesus which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be aliue. 20 And because I doubted of such maner of question, I asked him whether he would goe to Hierusalem, and there be iudged of these things.

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  • John 19:6-8
    3 verses
    81%

    6Then when the hie Priests & officers sawe him, they cried, saying, Crucifie, crucifie him. Pilate said vnto them, Take yee him and crucifie him: for I finde no fault in him.

    7The Iewes answered him, We haue a lawe, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himselfe the Sonne of God.

    8When Pilate then heard that woorde, he was the more afraide,

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    32It was that the worde of Iesus might be fulfilled which he spake, signifying what death he should die.

    33So Pilate entred into the common hall againe, and called Iesus, and sayde vnto him, Art thou the king of the Iewes?

    34Iesus answered him, Saiest thou that of thy selfe, or did other tell it thee of me?

    35Pilate answered, Am I a Iewe? Thine owne nation, and the hie Priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me. What hast thou done?

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    28Then led they Iesus from Caiaphas into the common hall. Nowe it was morning, & they themselues went not into the common hall, least they should be defiled, but that they might eate the Passeouer.

    29Pilate then went out vnto them, and said, What accusation bring yee against this man?

    30They answered, and saide vnto him, If hee were not an euill doer, we woulde not haue deliuered him vnto thee.

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    38Pilate said vnto him, What is trueth? And when he had saide that, hee went out againe vnto the Iewes, & said vnto them, I finde in him no cause at all.

    39But you haue a custome, that I shoulde deliuer you one loose at the Passeouer: will yee then that I loose vnto you the King of ye Iewes?

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    12And Pilate answered, and said againe vnto them, What will ye then that I doe with him, whom ye call the King of the Iewes?

    13And they cried againe, Crucifie him.

    14Then Pilate said vnto them, But what euill hath he done? And they cryed the more feruently, Crucifie him.

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    10Then saide Pilate vnto him, Speakest thou not vnto me? Knowest thou not that I haue power to crucifie thee, & haue power to loose thee?

    11Iesus answered, Thou couldest haue no power at all against me, except it were giuen thee from aboue: therefore he that deliuered me vnto thee, hath the greater sinne.

    12From thence foorth Pilate sought to loose him, but the Iewes cried, saying, If thou deliuer him, thou art not Cesars friende: for whosoeuer maketh himselfe a King, speaketh against Cesar.

    13When Pilate heard this woorde, hee brought Iesus foorth, & sate downe in the iudgement seate in a place called the Pauement, and in Hebrewe, Gabbatha.

    14And it was the Preparation of the Passeouer, and about the sixt houre: and hee sayde vnto the Iewes, Beholde your King.

    15But they cried, Away with him, away with him, crucifie him. Pilate sayde vnto them, Shall I crucifie your King? The high Priestes answered, We haue no King but Cesar.

    16Then deliuered he him vnto them, to be crucified. And they tooke Iesus, and led him away.

  • 9Then Pilate answered them, and said, Will ye that I let loose vnto you the King of ye Iewes?

  • 21Then saide the hie Priests of the Iewes to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Iewes, but that he sayd, I am King of the Iewes.

  • Mark 15:1-2
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    75%

    1And anon in the dawning, the hie Priestes helde a Councill with the Elders, and the Scribes, and the whole Council, and bound Iesus, and led him away, and deliuered him to Pilate.

    2Then Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Iewes? And hee answered, and sayde vnto him, Thou sayest it.

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    22Pilate said vnto them, What shal I do then with Iesus, which is called Christ? They all said to him, Let him be crucified.

    23Then saide the gouernour, But what euill hath he done? Then they cryed the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

  • 28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate to kill him.

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    14And sayd vnto them, Ye haue brought this man vnto me, as one that peruerted the people: and beholde, I haue examined him before you, and haue found no fault in this man, of those things whereof ye accuse him:

    15No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him: and loe, nothing worthy of death is done of him.

  • 24So Pilate gaue sentence, that it should be as they required.

  • 6And hath gone about to pollute the Temple: therefore wee tooke him, and woulde haue iudged him according to our Lawe:

  • 2And led him away bounde, and deliuered him vnto Pontius Pilate the gouernour.

  • 66What thinke yee? They answered, and said, He is guiltie of death.

  • Luke 23:3-4
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    72%

    3And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Iewes? And hee answered him, and sayd, Thou sayest it.

    4Then sayd Pilate to the hie Priests, and to the people, I finde no fault in this man.

  • 17When they were then gathered together, Pilate said vnto the, Whether will ye that I let loose vnto you Barabbas, or Iesus which is called Christ?

  • 51Doth our Law iudge a man before it heare him, and knowe what he hath done?

  • 50Nor yet doe you consider that it is expedient for vs, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

  • 11And Iesus stood before ye gouernour, and the gouernour asked him, saying, Art thou that King of the Iewes? Iesus said vnto him, Thou sayest it.

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    21But they cried, saying, Crucifie, crucifie him.

    22And he sayd vnto them the third time, But what euill hath he done? I finde no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him loose.

  • 16To whome I answered, that it is not the maner of the Romanes for fauour to deliuer any man to the death, before that hee which is accused, haue the accusers before him, and haue place to defend himselfe, concerning the crime.

  • 20But the chiefe Priestes and the Elders had persuaded the people that they shoulde aske Barabbas, and should destroy Iesus.

  • 4Then Pilate went foorth againe, and said vnto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may knowe, that I finde no fault in him at all.

  • 20And howe the hie Priests, and our rulers deliuered him to be condemned to death, and haue crucified him.

  • 4Saying, I haue sinned, betraying the innocent bloud. But they sayde, What is that to vs? see thou to it.

  • 12Then the bande and the captaine, and the officers of the Iewes tooke Iesus, and bound him,

  • 4Wherefore Pilate asked him againe, saying, Answerest thou nothing? beholde howe many things they witnesse against thee.