Matthew 27:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the governor said, `Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.'

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  • Gen 37:18-19 : 18 And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death. 19 And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh;
  • 1 Sam 19:3-9 : 3 and I -- I go out, and have stood by the side of my father in the field where thou `art', and I speak of thee unto my father, and have seen what `is coming', and have declared to thee.' 4 And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee `are' very good; 5 yea, he putteth his life in his hand, and smiteth the Philistine, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation for all Israel; thou hast seen, and dost rejoice, and why dost thou sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nought?' 6 And Saul hearkeneth to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul sweareth, `Jehovah liveth -- he doth not die.' 7 And Jonathan calleth for David, and Jonathan declareth to him all these words, and Jonathan bringeth in David unto Saul, and he is before him as heretofore. 8 And there addeth to be war, and David goeth out and fighteth against the Philistines, and smiteth among them -- a great smiting, and they flee from his face. 9 And a spirit of sadness `from' Jehovah is unto Saul, and he is sitting in his house, and his javelin in his hand, and David is playing with the hand, 10 and Saul seeketh to smite with the javelin through David, and through the wall, and he freeth himself from the presence of Saul, and he smiteth the javelin through the wall; and David hath fled and escapeth during that night. 11 And Saul sendeth messengers unto the house of David to watch him, and to put him to death in the morning; and Michal his wife declareth to David, saying, `If thou art not delivering thy life to-night -- tomorrow thou art put to death.' 12 And Michal causeth David to go down through the window, and he goeth on, and fleeth, and escapeth; 13 and Michal taketh the teraphim, and layeth on the bed, and the mattress of goats' `hair' she hath put `for' his pillows, and covereth with a garment. 14 And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and she saith, `He `is' sick.' 15 And Saul sendeth the messengers to see David, saying, `Bring him up in the bed unto me,' -- to put him to death.
  • 1 Sam 20:31-33 : 31 for all the days that the son of Jesse liveth on the ground thou art not established, thou and thy kingdom; and now, send and bring him unto me, for he `is' a son of death.' 32 And Jonathan answereth Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Why is he put to death? what hath he done?' 33 And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him, and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been determined by his father to put David to death.
  • 1 Sam 22:14-19 : 14 And Ahimelech answereth the king and saith, `And who among all thy servants `is' as David -- faithful, and son-in-law of the king, and hath turned aside unto thy council, and is honoured in thy house? 15 To-day have I begun to ask for him at God? far be it from me! let not the king lay anything against his servant, against any of the house of my father, for thy servant hath known nothing of all this, less or more.' 16 And the king saith, `Thou dost surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all the house of thy father.' 17 And the king saith to runners, those standing by him, `Turn round, and put to death the priests of Jehovah, because their hand also `is' with David, and because they have known that he is fleeing, and have not uncovered mine ear;' and the servants of the king have not been willing to put forth their hand to come against the priests of Jehovah. 18 And the king saith to Doeg, `Turn round thou, and come against the priests;' and Doeg the Edomite turneth round, and cometh himself against the priests, and putteth to death in that day eighty and five men bearing a linen ephod, 19 and Nob, the city of the priests, he hath smitten by the mouth of the sword, from man even unto woman, from infant even unto suckling, and ox, and ass, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword.
  • Matt 21:38-39 : 38 and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance; 39 and having taken him, they cast `him' out of the vineyard, and killed him;
  • Acts 7:57 : 57 And they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and did rush with one accord upon him,
  • Acts 17:5-7 : 5 And the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring `them' to the populace, 6 and not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the city rulers, calling aloud -- `These, having put the world in commotion, are also here present, 7 whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king -- Jesus.'
  • Acts 21:28-31 : 28 crying out, `Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place;' 29 for they had seen before Trophimus, the Ephesian, in the city with him, whom they were supposing that Paul brought into the temple. 30 All the city also was moved and there was a running together of the people, and having laid hold on Paul, they were drawing him out of the temple, and immediately were the doors shut, 31 and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,
  • Acts 22:22-23 : 22 And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, `Away from the earth with such an one; for it is not fit for him to live.' 23 And they crying out and casting up their garments, and throwing dust into the air,
  • Acts 23:10 : 10 and a great dissension having come, the chief captain having been afraid lest Paul may be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiery, having gone down, to take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring `him' to the castle.
  • Acts 23:12-15 : 12 And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul; 13 and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath, 14 who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves -- to taste nothing till we have killed Paul; 15 now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'

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  • Mark 15:12-15
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    12And Pilate answering, again said to them, `What, then, will ye `that' I shall do to him whom ye call king of the Jews?'

    13and they again cried out, `Crucify him.'

    14And Pilate said to them, `Why -- what evil did he?' and they cried out the more vehemently, `Crucify him;'

    15and Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released to them Barabbas, and delivered up Jesus -- having scourged `him' -- that he might be crucified.

  • Matt 27:20-22
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    20And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

    21and the governor answering said to them, `Which of the two will ye `that' I shall release to you?' And they said, `Barabbas.'

    22Pilate saith to them, `What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?' They all say to him, `Let be crucified!'

  • Luke 23:20-25
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    20Pilate again then -- wishing to release Jesus -- called to them,

    21but they were calling out, saying, `Crucify, crucify him.'

    22And he a third time said unto them, `Why, what evil did he? no cause of death did I find in him; having chastised him, then, I will release `him'.'

    23And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,

    24and Pilate gave judgment for their request being done,

    25and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.

  • John 19:6
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    6When, therefore, the chief priests and the officers did see him, they cried out, saying, `Crucify, crucify;' Pilate saith to them, `Take ye him -- ye, and crucify; for I find no fault in him;'

  • Matt 27:24-26
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    24And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'

    25and all the people answering said, `His blood `is' upon us, and upon our children!'

    26Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered `him' up that he may be crucified;

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    15and they cried out, `Take away, take away, crucify him;' Pilate saith to them, `Your king shall I crucify?' the chief priests answered, `We have no king except Caesar.'

    16Then, therefore, he delivered him up to them, that he may be crucified, and they took Jesus and led `him' away,

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    2and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • Luke 24:20
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    20how also the chief priests and our rulers did deliver him up to a judgment of death, and crucified him;

  • Luke 23:18
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    18and they cried out -- the whole multitude -- saying, `Away with this one, and release to us Barabbas,'

  • Matt 27:17
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    17they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, `Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'

  • Mark 15:8-9
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    8And the multitude having cried out, began to ask for themselves as he was always doing to them,

    9and Pilate answered them, saying, `Will ye `that' I shall release to you the king of the Jews?'

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

    30they answered and said to him, `If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.'

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    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.'

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    14said unto them, `Ye brought to me this man as perverting the people, and lo, I before you having examined, found in this man no fault in those things ye bring forward against him;

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    2and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.'

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

    4And Pilate said unto the chief priests, and the multitude, `I find no fault in this man;'

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

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    15And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,

  • Luke 23:38-39
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    38And there was also a superscription written over him, in letters of Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew, `This is the King of the Jews.'

    39And one of the evil-doers who were hanged, was speaking evil of him, saying, `If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.'

  • John 18:35
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    35Pilate answered, `Am I a Jew? thy nation, and the chief priests did deliver thee up to me; what didst thou?'

  • Acts 13:28
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    28and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

  • Mark 15:2
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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'.'

  • Luke 23:33-35
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    33and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

    34And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

    35And the people were standing, looking on, and the rulers also were sneering with them, saying, `Others he saved, let him save himself, if this be the Christ, the choice one of God.'

  • Matt 27:39
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    39and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads,

  • John 18:40
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    40therefore they all cried out again, saying, `Not this one -- but Barabbas;' and Barabbas was a robber.

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    66what think ye?' and they answering said, `He is worthy of death.'

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    10And the chief priests and the scribes stood vehemently accusing him,

  • Matt 27:37
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    37and they put up over his head, his accusation written, `This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.'

  • Matt 27:41
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    41And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

  • John 19:3
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    3and said, `Hail! the king of the Jews;' and they were giving him slaps.