Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
- BSB So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.
- NKJV So Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they requested.
- NASB And so Pilate decided to have their demand carried out.
- NLT So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.
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Cross-references · 5
- Matt 27:26Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
- Prov 17:15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
- Exod 23:2“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
- Mark 15:15Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
- John 19:1So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.
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