Luke 23:4

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • John 18:38 : 38 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.
  • Mark 15:14 : 14 Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"
  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."
  • Luke 23:22 : 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."
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
  • Luke 23:14-15 : 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.
  • Matt 27:19 : 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 27:23-24 : 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."
  • John 19:4-6 : 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."
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
  • 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ;

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  • Luke 23:13-15
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    13Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

    14and 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.

    15Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.

  • John 19:4-6
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    4Then 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."

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

    6When 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."

  • John 18:38-39
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    38Pilate 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.

    39But 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?"

  • Luke 23:1-3
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    1The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

    2They 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."

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

  • Luke 23:20-24
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    20Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

    21but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

    22He 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."

    23But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

    24Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.

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

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

    31Pilate 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,"

  • Mark 15:2-5
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    2Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."

    3The chief priests accused him of many things.

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

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

  • Matt 27:22-24
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    22Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

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

    24So 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 15:12
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    12Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

  • John 18:35
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    35Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?"

  • John 19:21-22
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    21The 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.'"

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

  • John 19:14-15
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    14Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"

    15They 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!"

  • Mark 15:14
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    14Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

  • Luke 23:5-6
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    5But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place."

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

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

  • Matt 27:11-13
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    11Now 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."

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

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

  • Mark 14:55
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    55Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

  • Acts 23:29
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    29I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.

  • John 19:9-12
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    9He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.

    10Pilate 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?"

    11Jesus 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."

    12At 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!"

  • Luke 23:9-10
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    9He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers.

    10The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.

  • Acts 13:28
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    28Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

  • Matt 27:20
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    20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

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