Acts 13:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

And though they found no cause of death in him, yet they asked Pilate that he should be killed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ μηδεμίαν αἰτίαν θανάτου εὑρόντες, ᾐτήσαντο Πιλάτον ἀναιρεθῆναι αὐτόν.

Transliteration

And mēdemian aitian thanatou heurontes, ētēsanto Pilaton anairethēnai him.

Grammar Details

• *mēdemian*: accusative, feminine, singular - no/not one
• *aitian*: accusative, feminine, singular - cause/reason
• *thanatou*: genitive, masculine, singular - death
• *heurontes*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having found
• *ētēsanto*: aorist, middle, indicative, 3rd person plural - they asked for themselves
• *Pilaton*: accusative, masculine, singular - proper name
• *anairethēnai*: aorist, passive, infinitive - to be put to death

Word Meanings

• *mēdemian*: not one/none/no
• *aitian*: cause/reason/charge/ground
• *thanatou*: of death/worthy of death
• *heurontes*: having found/having discovered
• *ētēsanto*: they asked/they requested/they demanded
• *anairethēnai*: to be put to death/to be executed/to be slain

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when they founde no cause of deeth in him yet desyred they Pylate to kyll him.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And though they founde no cause of death in him, yet desyred they Pilate to kyll him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And though they found no cause of death `in him', yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 27:22-25 : 22 Pilate said unto them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all said unto him, Let him be crucified. 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out all the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 24 When Pilate saw that he could nothing prevail, but rather a tumult was made, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. See to it yourselves. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us and on our children.
• Mark 15:13-15 : 13 And they cried out again, Crucify him. 14 Then Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? And they cried out all the more, Crucify him. 15 And so Pilate, wanting to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them, and he delivered Jesus, after scourging him, to be crucified.
• Luke 23:4-5 : 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. 5 But they were even more fierce, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to here.
• Luke 23:14-16 : 14 Said to them, You have brought this man to me as one who misleads the people. And behold, I have examined Him in your presence, and have found no fault in this man concerning those things of which you accuse Him. 15 No, nor Herod, for I sent you to him, and indeed nothing deserving death has been done by Him. 16 I will therefore chastise Him and release Him.
• Luke 23:21-25 : 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify Him, crucify Him. 22 And he said to them the third time, Why, what evil has He done? I have found no reason for death in Him. I will therefore chastise Him and let Him go. 23 But they persisted with loud voices, demanding that He be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed. 24 And Pilate sentenced that it should be as they requested. 25 And he released to them the one who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder, whom they had asked for; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
• John 18:38 : 38 Pilate said to him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, I find no fault in him at all.
• John 19:4 : 4 Pilate then went out again and said to them, Behold, I bring him out to you, so that you may know I find no fault in him.
• John 19:12-16 : 12 And from then on Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar. 13 When Pilate heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 And it was the preparation of the Passover, about the sixth hour: and he said to the Jews, Behold your King! 15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. 16 Then he delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him away.
• Acts 3:13-14 : 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Son Jesus; whom you delivered, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. 14 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you;
• Matt 27:19 : 19 When he sat down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.