Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
- BSB Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
- NKJV So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no fault in this Man.”
- NASB But Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no grounds for charges in the case of this Man.”
- NLT Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, “I find nothing wrong with this man!”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- John 18:38Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.
- Luke 23:14–15and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
- 1 Pet 1:19but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ;
- Heb 7:26For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
- Luke 23:22He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.”
- 1 Pet 2:22who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”
- Mark 15:14Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”
- John 19:4–6Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
- 1 Pet 3:18Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
- Matt 27:23–24But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”
- Matt 27:19While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”
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