What is your verdict?” “Guilty!” they shouted. “He deserves to die!”
Parallel translations
- WEB What do you think?” They answered, “He is worthy of death!”
- KJV What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
- BSB What do you think?” “He deserves to die,” they answered.
- NKJV What do you think?” They answered and said, “He is deserving of death.”
- NASB what do you think?” They answered, “He deserves death!”
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Quick answer
The council declares Jesus worthy of death. The verdict against the innocent Son of God is pronounced.
Overview
Responding to the high priest, the assembly condemns Jesus to death for His confession. Their judgment is unjust, for He spoke only truth, yet it fulfills the Father's plan that the Son would die for sinners. The innocent One is declared guilty so that the guilty might be declared righteous through Him.
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Cross-references · 5
- John 19:7The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
- Acts 7:52Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
- Acts 13:27–28For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
- Lev 24:11–16The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
- Jas 5:6You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.
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