John 18:35

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?””

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BSBPD

““Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 18:35 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezra 4:12Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem. And they are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city, restoring its walls, and repairing its foundations.
  2. Nehemiah 4:2before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
  3. John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
  4. John 19:6As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
  5. John 19:11Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
  6. Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
  7. Acts 18:14But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.
  8. Acts 21:38“Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the ‘Assassins’ into the wilderness?”
  9. Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
  10. Acts 23:29I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
  11. Acts 25:19They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
  12. Romans 3:1What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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