John 18:38

World English Bible (2000)

Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no basis for a charge against him.

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  • John 19:4 : 4 Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him."
  • John 19:6 : 6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."
  • Luke 23:4 : 4 Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
  • Luke 23:14-16 : 14 and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him. 15 Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him. 16 I will therefore chastise him and release him."
  • Matt 27:18-19 : 18 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up. 19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."
  • Matt 27:24 : 24 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."
  • Mark 15:14 : 14 Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"
  • John 19:21-22 : 21 The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'" 22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."
  • Acts 17:19-20 : 19 They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you? 20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."
  • Acts 17:32 : 32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We want to hear you again concerning this."
  • Acts 24:25-26 : 25 As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, "Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you." 26 Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.
  • 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ;
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth." 23 Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;

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  • John 18:33-37
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    33 Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

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

    35 Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?"

    36 Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here."

    37 Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

  • John 18:29-31
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    29 Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

    30 They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."

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

  • John 19:4-15
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    4 Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him."

    5 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the man!"

    6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against 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."

    8 When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.

    9 He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.

    10 Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"

    11 Jesus answered, "You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin."

    12 At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"

    13 When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."

    14 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"

    15 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!"

  • Luke 23:2-4
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    2 They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

    3 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."

    4 Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."

  • John 18:39
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    39 But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

  • Mark 15:12
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    12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

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    2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."

    3 The chief priests accused him of many things.

    4 Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!"

    5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.

  • Luke 23:13-14
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    13 Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

    14 and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

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    9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

  • Matt 27:21-24
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    21 But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"

    22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

    23 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

    24 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."

  • Matt 27:11-13
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    11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say."

    12 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

    13 Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?"

  • John 19:21-22
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    21 The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"

    22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."

  • John 8:46
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  • Luke 23:22
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    22 He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."

  • Matt 27:17
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    17 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"

  • John 18:21
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    21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, these know the things which I said."

  • Luke 23:20
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    20 Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

  • John 18:4
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    4 Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"

  • Luke 23:6
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    6 But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

  • John 19:19
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    19 Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS."