John 18:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

why me dost thou question? question those having heard what I spake to them; lo, these have known what I said.'

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  • Matt 26:59-60 : 59 And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death, 60 and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near,
  • Mark 14:55-59 : 55 And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking against Jesus testimony -- to put him to death, and they were not finding, 56 for many were bearing false testimony against him, and their testimonies were not alike. 57 And certain having risen up, were bearing false testimony against him, saying -- 58 `We heard him saying -- I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;' 59 and neither so was their testimony alike.
  • Luke 22:67 : 67 saying, `If thou be the Christ, tell us.' And he said to them, `If I may tell you, ye will not believe;
  • Acts 24:12-13 : 12 and neither in the temple did they find me reasoning with any one, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city; 13 nor are they able to prove against me the things concerning which they now accuse me.
  • Acts 24:18-20 : 18 in which certain Jews from Asia did find me purified in the temple, not with multitude, nor with tumult, 19 whom it behoveth to be present before thee, and to accuse, if they had anything against me, 20 or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the sanhedrim,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 81%

    34Jesus answered him, `From thyself dost thou say this? or did others say it to thee about me?'

    35Pilate answered, `Am I a Jew? thy nation, and the chief priests did deliver thee up to me; what didst thou?'

  • 80%

    19The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching;

    20Jesus answered him, `I spake freely to the world, I did always teach in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews do always come together; and in secret I spake nothing;

  • 80%

    22And he having said these things, one of the officers standing by did give Jesus a slap, saying, `Thus dost thou answer the chief priest?'

    23Jesus answered him, `If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?'

  • John 18:7-8
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    77%

    7Again, therefore, he questioned them, `Whom do ye seek?' and they said, `Jesus the Nazarene;'

    8Jesus answered, `I said to you that I am `he'; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;'

  • 60And the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! what do these testify against thee?'

  • John 18:4-5
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    4Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming upon him, having gone forth, said to them, `Whom do ye seek?'

    5they answered him, `Jesus the Nazarene;' Jesus saith to them, `I am `he';' -- and Judas who delivered him up was standing with them; --

  • 76%

    23And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?'

    24And Jesus answering said to them, `I will ask you -- I also -- one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things;

  • Luke 20:2-3
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    2and spake unto him, saying, `Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?'

    3And he answering said unto them, `I will question you -- I also -- one thing, and tell me:

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    62And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, `Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee?

    63and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to him, `I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ -- the Son of God.'

  • Mark 15:2-4
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    2and Pilate questioned him, `Art thou the king of the Jews?' and he answering said to him, `Thou dost say `it'.'

    3And the chief priests were accusing him of many things, `but he answered nothing.'

    4And Pilate again questioned him, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! lo, how many things they do testify against thee!'

  • 71and they said, `What need yet have we of testimony? for we ourselves did hear `it' from his mouth.'

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    28and they say to him, `By what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority that these things thou mayest do?'

    29And Jesus answering said to them, `I will question you -- I also -- one word; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things;

  • John 8:25-26
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    25They said, therefore, to him, `Thou -- who art thou?' and Jesus said to them, `Even what I did speak of to you at the beginning;

    26many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge, but He who sent me is true, and I -- what things I heard from Him -- these I say to the world.'

  • 7And they answered, that they knew not whence `it was',

  • 68saying, `Declare to us, O Christ, who he is that struck thee?'

  • 64and having blindfolded him, they were striking him on the face, and were questioning him, saying, `Prophesy who he is who smote thee?'

  • 11And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor did question him, saying, `Art thou the king of the Jews!' And Jesus said to him, `Thou sayest.'

  • 46Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?

  • 27And answering Jesus they said, `We have not known.' He said to them -- he also -- `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

  • 19They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'

  • 48And Jesus answering said to them, `As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me!

  • 37Pilate, therefore, said to him, `Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, `Thou dost say `it'; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.'

  • John 19:9-10
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    9and entered again to the praetorium, and saith to Jesus, `Whence art thou?' and Jesus gave him no answer.

    10Pilate, therefore, saith to him, `To me dost thou not speak? hast thou not known that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee?'

  • 14Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself -- my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye -- ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.

  • 68and if I also question `you', ye will not answer me or send me away;

  • 13then saith Pilate to him, `Dost thou not hear how many things they witness against thee?'

  • 21The chief priests of the Jews said, therefore, to Pilate, `Write not -- The king of the Jews, but that one said, I am king of the Jews;'

  • 55In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, `As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me;

  • 16And he questioned the scribes, `What dispute ye with them?'

  • 26and, lo, he doth speak freely, and they say nothing to him; did the rulers at all know truly that this is truly the Christ?

  • 29Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, `What accusation do ye bring against this man?'

  • 21and they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach;

  • 33and answering they say to Jesus, `We have not known;' and Jesus answering saith to them, `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.'

  • 21and how he now seeth, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; himself is of age, ask him; he himself shall speak concerning himself.'

  • 3And Pilate questioned him, saying, `Thou art the king of the Jews?' and he answering him, said, `Thou dost say `it'.'

  • 22They said then to him, `Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?'

  • 26And they said to him again, `What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?'