John 18:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Pilate said to them, Take him and judge him according to your law. Therefore the Jews said to him, It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,

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  • Gen 49:10 : 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him shall the gathering of the people be.
  • Ezek 21:26-27 : 26 Thus says the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. 27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: and it shall be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it to him.
  • Hos 3:4-5 : 4 For the children of Israel shall remain many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without a pillar, without an ephod, and without household gods. 5 Afterward, the children of Israel shall return, and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the last days.
  • John 19:6-7 : 6 When the chief priests and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
  • John 19:15 : 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.
  • Acts 25:18-20 : 18 When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge against him of such things as I supposed: 19 but had certain questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. 20 And because I was uncertain of how to investigate such matters, I asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.

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  • John 19:6-8
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    6When the chief priests and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

    7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

    8When Pilate heard that saying, he was even more afraid;

  • John 18:32-35
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    32that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what death he would die.

    33Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, called Jesus, and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?

    34Jesus answered him, Do you say this of yourself, or did others tell you about me?

    35Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you to me. What have you done?

  • John 18:28-30
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    28Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment, and it was early. But they themselves did not go into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.

    29Pilate then went out to them and said, What accusation do you bring against this man?

    30They answered and said to him, If he were not a wrongdoer, we would not have delivered him to you.

  • John 18:38-39
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    38Pilate 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.

    39But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?

  • Mark 15:12-14
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    12And Pilate answered and said again to them, What then do you want me to do with him whom you call the King of the Jews?

    13And they cried out again, Crucify him.

    14Then Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? And they cried out all the more, Crucify him.

  • John 19:10-16
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    10Then Pilate said to him, Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have the power to crucify you, and have the power to release you?

    11Jesus answered, You could have no power against me at all, except it were given you from above: therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin.

    12And 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.

    13When 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.

    14And it was the preparation of the Passover, about the sixth hour: and he said to the Jews, Behold your King!

    15But 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.

    16Then he delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him away.

  • Mark 15:9
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    9But Pilate answered them, saying, Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?

  • John 19:21
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    21Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not write, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

  • Mark 15:1-2
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    1And immediately in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

    2And Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him, You say it.

  • Matt 27:22-23
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    22Pilate said unto them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all said unto him, Let him be crucified.

    23And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out all the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

  • Acts 13:28
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    28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet they asked Pilate that he should be killed.

  • Luke 23:14-15
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    14Said 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.

    15No, nor Herod, for I sent you to him, and indeed nothing deserving death has been done by Him.

  • Luke 23:24
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    24And Pilate sentenced that it should be as they requested.

  • Acts 24:6
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    6Who also attempted to desecrate the temple: whom we seized, and would have judged according to our law.

  • Matt 27:2
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    2And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • Matt 26:66
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    66What do you think? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

  • Luke 23:3-4
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    3And Pilate asked Him, saying, Are You the King of the Jews? And He answered him, saying, You say it.

    4Then Pilate said to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.

  • Matt 27:17
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    17Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will you that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

  • John 7:51
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    51Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?

  • John 11:50
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    50Nor do you consider that it is better for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.

  • Matt 27:11
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    11And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, You say it.

  • Luke 23:21-22
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    21But they cried, saying, Crucify Him, crucify Him.

    22And 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.

  • Acts 25:16
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    16To whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before he who is accused meets his accusers face to face, and has an opportunity to present his defense concerning the charges against him.

  • Matt 27:20
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    20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

  • John 19:4
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    4Pilate 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.

  • Luke 24:20
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    20And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • Matt 27:4
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    4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See to that yourself.

  • John 18:12
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    12Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him,

  • Mark 15:4
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    4And Pilate asked him again, saying, Do you answer nothing? See how many things they testify against you.