So Pilate sentenced Jesus to die as they demanded.
Parallel translations
- WEB Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.
- 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.
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Quick answer
Pilate granted the crowd's demand. His verdict sealed the unjust sentence against Jesus.
Overview
Pilate formally decrees that the people's demand be carried out, abandoning his own judgment of innocence. This act of capitulation marks the moment justice yields to the crowd. Through this human injustice, God accomplishes the salvation foretold, as the innocent is sentenced so the guilty might be spared.
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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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