the Fourth Sunday of Lent
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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
John 18:30
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They answered him, “If this man weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed him over to you.”
They answered, & said vnto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not haue deliuered him vp vnto thee.
They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
They answered him, "If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you."
They answered and said to him, "If this Man were not a criminal, we would not have handed Him over to you."
They answered, "If he were not a criminal, we wouldn't have brought him to you."
They answered, "If He were not a criminal, we would not have handed Him over to you [for judgment]."
They answered and said to him, "If this Man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you."
They answered and said to him, "If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you."
"If He were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed Him over to you."
They answered, "He is a criminal! That's why we brought him to you."
They answered, "If he hadn't done something wrong, we wouldn't have brought him to you."
They answered and said to him, If this [man] were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up to thee.
They answered, "He is a bad man. That is why we brought him to you."
They answered, and saide vnto him, If hee were not an euill doer, we woulde not haue deliuered him vnto thee.
They answered and said to him, If he were not an evil-doer, we would not have delivered him up also to you.
Their answer was, "We would not have brought him to you if he had not committed a crime."
They answered and said to him, "If this man were not doing evil, we would not have handed him over to you!"
They answered and said to him, If this One were not an evildoer, then we would not have delivered Him to you.
They answered and said unto him, If this man were not an evil-doer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee.
They said to him in answer, If the man was not a wrongdoer we would not have given him up to you.
They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."
They answered him, "If he weren't a criminal, we wouldn't have handed him over to you."
They answered and said to him, If he were not a worker of evils, we would not to thee have delivered him.
They replied, and said to him: If he were not a malefactor, we should not have delivered him up to thee.
They aunswered, and said vnto him: Yf he were not an euyll doer, we would not haue deliuered hym vnto thee.
They answered and said unto him, If this man were not an evil-doer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee.
They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."
They answered and said to him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him to thee.
"If the man were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you."
Thei answeriden, and seiden to hym, If this were not a mysdoere, we hadden not bitakun hym to thee.
They answered and said to him, If this man were not an evildoer, we should not have delivered him up to you.
They answered and said to him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee.
They replied, "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you."
They answered and said to him, "If He were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him up to you."
"We wouldn't have handed him over to you if he weren't a criminal!" they retorted.
The Jews said, "If He had not done wrong, we would not have brought Him to you."
They answered, "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you."
They answered and said to him: If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee.
They answered him, "If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have handed him over."
They answered and sayd vnto him. If he were not an evyll doar we wolde not have delyvered him vnto the.
they answered and said to him, `If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.'
They answered, and sayde vnto him: Yf he were not an euell doer, we had not delyuered him vnto the.
they answered him, if he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him to you.
They said, "If he hadn't been doing something evil, do you think we'd be here bothering you?"
The Jews said, "He is a criminal. Why else would we have brought him to you?"
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
If: John 19:12, Mark 15:3, Luke 20:19-26, Luke 23:2-5
delivered: Mark 10:33, Luke 24:7, Acts 3:13
Reciprocal: Psalms 64:6 - search Jeremiah 26:11 - saying Luke 18:32 - delivered John 9:24 - we know Acts 21:33 - and demanded Acts 25:5 - if
Cross-References
And he took butter and milk and the calf that he had made ready, and set before them, - while, he, was standing near them under the tree, they did eat.
And they said unto him, As to Sarah thy wife⦠And he said Lo! she is in the tent.
But Abraham and Sarah, were old, far gone in days, - it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
And the men rose up from hence, and looked out over the face of Sodom, - Abraham also going with them to set them on their way.
Peradventure there may lack, of the fifty righteous, five, Wilt thou destroy for five all the city? And he said, I will not destroy, if I find there forty and five.
And he added, yet once more, to speak unto him, and said, Peradventure there may be found there - forty. And he said - I will not do it, for the sake of the forty.
Then Judah drew near unto him, and said - Pardon my lord! Pray let thy servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let thine anger be kindled against thy servant, - for, thus, art, thou as Pharaoh!
Then said Gideon unto God, Let not thine anger kindle upon me, but let me speak, only this once, - Let me, I pray thee, put to the proof, only this once, with the fleece, I pray thee, let it be dry on the fleece alone, while, on all the ground, there be dew.
Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth:
When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They answered and said unto him,.... Offended at the question put to them, and filled with indignation that they should be so interrogated, with an air of haughtiness and insolence reply to him:
if he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee; insinuating, that he was guilty of some very wicked action; not merely of a breach of some of their laws peculiar to them; for then they would have tried and judged him according to them, and not have brought him before him; but they suggest, that he was guilty of some crimes recognizable by Caesar's court; and which they did not care to mention expressly, lest they should not succeed, not having it may be as yet, their witnesses ready; and hoped he would have took their own word for it, without any further proof, they being men of such rank and dignity, and of so much knowledge, learning, and religion; and therefore took it ill of him, that he should ask such persons as they were, so famous for their prudence, integrity, and sanctity, such a question: however, they own themselves to be the betrayers and deliverers up of our Lord, which Christ had before foretold, and which Stephen afterwards charged them with.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If he were not a malefactor - A violator of the law. If we had not determined that he was such, and was worthy of death, Matthew 26:66. From this it appears that they did not deliver him up to be tried, but hoped that Pilate would at once, give sentence that he should be executed according to their request. It is probable that in ordinary cases the Roman governor was not accustomed to make very strict inquiry into the justice of the sentence. The Jewish Sanhedrin tried causes and pronounced sentence, and the sentence was usually approved by the governor; but in this case Pilate, evidently contrary to their expectations, proceeded himself to rehear and retry the cause. He had doubtless heard of the miracles of Jesus. He seems to have been strongly pre-possessed with the belief of his innocence. He knew that they had delivered him from mere envy Matthew 27:18, and hence, he inquired of them the nature of the case, and the kind of charge which they expected to substantiate against him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 30. If he were not a malefactor — So they did not wish to make Pilate the judge, but the executor of the sentence which they had already illegally passed.
