Verse 11

Jesus 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.

Other Translations

  • Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

    Jesus svarte: «Du ville ikke ha noe makt over meg, hvis ikke det var gitt deg ovenfra; derfor har han som leverte meg til deg, større synd.»

  • NT, oversatt fra gresk

    Jesus svarte: «Du hadde ikke hatt myndighet over meg hvis det ikke var gitt deg fra oven; derfor har han som overleverte meg til deg, større synd.»

  • Norsk King James

    Jesus svarte, Du hadde ikke hatt noen makt over meg, dersom det ikke var gitt deg ovenfra; derfor har han som har overgitt meg til deg, den større synden.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Jesus svarte: Du ville ikke hatt noen makt over meg hvis det ikke var gitt deg ovenfra, derfor har han som overgav meg til deg større synd.

  • KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

    Jesus svarte: Du hadde ingen makt over meg, om den ikke var gitt deg ovenfra: derfor har han som overgav meg til deg større synd.

  • Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

    Jesus svarte: Du hadde ingen makt over meg dersom det ikke var gitt deg ovenfra. Derfor har den som overleverte meg til deg, større synd.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Jesus svarte: «Du ville ikke hatt noen makt over meg dersom det ikke var gitt deg ovenfra. Derfor har den som overga meg til deg, en større synd.»

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Jesus svarte: «Du ville aldri hatt makt over meg om den ikke var gitt deg ovenfra. Derfor bærer den som overleverte meg til deg, den større skyld.»

  • gpt4.5-preview

    Jesus svarte: «Du hadde ikke hatt noen makt over meg i det hele tatt, hvis den ikke hadde vært gitt deg ovenfra. Derfor har han som overga meg til deg, større synd.»

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    Jesus svarte: «Du hadde ikke hatt noen makt over meg i det hele tatt, hvis den ikke hadde vært gitt deg ovenfra. Derfor har han som overga meg til deg, større synd.»

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Jesus svarte: 'Du har ingen makt over meg, hvis det ikke var gitt deg ovenfra. Derfor har han som overgav meg til deg, større synd.'

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over me unless it had been given to you from above. Therefore, the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "John.19.11", "source": "Ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Οὐκ εἶχες ἐξουσίαν οὐδεμίαν κατʼ ἐμοῦ, εἰ μὴ ἦν σοι δεδομένον ἄνωθεν: διὰ τοῦτο ὁ παραδιδούς μέ σοι μείζονα ἁμαρτίαν ἔχει.", "text": "*Apekrithē* the *Iēsous*, *Ouk eiches exousian oudemian kat* of me, *ei mē ēn soi dedomenon anōthen*: *dia touto ho paradidous me soi meizona hamartian echei*.", "grammar": { "*Apekrithē*": "aorist passive, 3rd singular - answered/replied", "*Iēsous*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus", "*Ouk*": "negation - not", "*eiches*": "imperfect active, 2nd singular - you had/were having", "*exousian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - authority/power", "*oudemian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - no/not one/none", "*kat*": "preposition with genitive - against", "*ei mē*": "conditional negative - if not/unless/except", "*ēn*": "imperfect active, 3rd singular - it was", "*soi*": "personal pronoun, dative - to you", "*dedomenon*": "perfect passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - having been given", "*anōthen*": "adverb - from above/from on high", "*dia touto*": "preposition + demonstrative - because of this/therefore", "*ho paradidous*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - the one delivering/betraying", "*me*": "personal pronoun, accusative - me", "*soi*": "personal pronoun, dative - to you", "*meizona*": "comparative adjective, accusative, feminine, singular - greater", "*hamartian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - sin", "*echei*": "present active, 3rd singular - has/holds" }, "variants": { "*Apekrithē*": "answered/replied/responded", "*eiches*": "had/possessed/were having", "*exousian*": "authority/power/right", "*kat*": "against/over", "*dedomenon*": "given/granted/bestowed", "*anōthen*": "from above/from on high/from heaven", "*ho paradidous*": "the one betraying/handing over/delivering", "*meizona*": "greater/larger/more", "*hamartian*": "sin/wrongdoing/error" } }

  • NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

    Jesus svarte: 'Du ville ikke ha noen myndighet over meg hvis det ikke var gitt deg ovenfra. Derfor har han som overgav meg til deg, større synd.'

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Jesus svarede: Du havde aldeles ingen Magt over mig, dersom den ikke var given dig ovenfra; derfor haver den, som overantvordede mig til dig, større Synd.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Jesus svarte: «Du ville ikke ha noen makt over meg hvis det ikke var gitt deg ovenfra. Derfor har han som ga meg over til deg, større skyld.»

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Jesus svarte: «Du ville ikke hatt noen makt over meg, om den ikke var gitt deg ovenfra. Derfor har han som overga meg til deg, større synd.»

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Jesus svarte: 'Du ville ikke hatt noen myndighet over meg hvis det ikke var gitt deg ovenfra; derfor har den som overleverte meg til deg større synd.'

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Jesus svarte: «Du hadde ikke hatt noen makt over meg dersom den ikke var gitt deg ovenfra. Derfor er den som overga meg til deg skyldig i større synd.»

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Jesus svarte: Du ville ikke ha noen makt over meg dersom det ikke var gitt deg av Gud; derfor har den som overgav meg til deg større skyld.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Iesus answered: Thou couldest have no power at all agaynst me except it were geven the from above. Therfore he yt delyvered me vnto the is moare in synne.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Iesus answered: Thou shuldest haue no power vpo me, yf it were not geue the from aboue. Therfore he that delyuered me vnto ye, hath the more synne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Iesus answered, Thou couldest haue no power at all against me, except it were giuen thee from aboue: therefore he that deliuered me vnto thee, hath the greater sinne.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Iesus aunswered: Thou couldest haue no power at all agaynst me, except it were geuen thee from aboue: Therfore he that deliuered me vnto thee, hath the more sinne.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Jesus answered, ‹Thou couldest have no power› [at all] ‹against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Jesus answered, `Thou wouldst have no authority against me, if it were not having been given thee from above; because of this, he who is delivering me up to thee hath greater sin.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Jesus answered him, Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Jesus gave this answer: You would have no power at all over me if it was not given to you by God; so that he who gave me up to you has the greater sin.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Jesus replied,“You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 13:1 : 1 Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God; the authorities that exist are ordained by God.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by lawless hands have crucified and killed:
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
  • Rom 11:36 : 36 For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
  • Gen 45:7-8 : 7 And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
  • Matt 27:2 : 2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
  • John 3:27 : 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it is given to him from heaven.
  • John 7:30 : 30 Then they sought to take him, but no one laid hands on him because his hour had not yet come.
  • Matt 26:65 : 65 Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.
  • Mark 14:44 : 44 And he who betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomever I kiss, he is the one; take him and lead him away safely.
  • Luke 7:41-42 : 41 There was a certain creditor who had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
  • Luke 10:11-14 : 11 Even the very dust of your city which clings to us, we wipe off against you: nevertheless be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near to you. 12 But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city. 13 Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
  • Luke 12:47-48 : 47 And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that did not know, and committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
  • Luke 22:53 : 53 When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth any hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
  • Exod 9:14-16 : 14 For at this time I will send all my plagues upon your heart, upon your servants, and upon your people; that you may know there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may strike you and your people with pestilence; and you shall be cut off from the earth. 16 And indeed, for this purpose, I have raised you up, to show in you my power; that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
  • 1 Chr 29:11 : 11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I was silent, and did not open my mouth, because you did it.
  • Ps 62:11 : 11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God.
  • Jer 27:5-8 : 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed right to me. 6 And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field I have given him also to serve him. 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his grandson, until the very time of his land comes: and then many nations and great kings shall enslave him. 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish, says the LORD, with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not commanded it?
  • Dan 4:17 : 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men.
  • Dan 4:25 : 25 That they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.
  • Dan 4:32 : 32 And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make you eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say to Him, What are you doing?
  • Dan 5:21 : 21 Then he was driven from the sons of men; his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He chooses.
  • Acts 3:13 : 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Son Jesus; whom you delivered, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go.
  • John 11:49-50 : 49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all, 50 Nor 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.
  • John 15:22-24 : 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
  • John 18:3 : 3 Then Judas, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
  • John 18:28-32 : 28 Then 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. 29 Pilate then went out to them and said, What accusation do you bring against this man? 30 They answered and said to him, If he were not a wrongdoer, we would not have delivered him to you. 31 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, 32 that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what death he would die.
  • Heb 6:4-8 : 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 If they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. 7 For the land that drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and produces crops useful to those for whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God: 8 But that which bears thorns and thistles is rejected, and is near to being cursed, its end is to be burned.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
  • Jas 4:17 : 17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.