...•them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man ? 30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore...

...thought it enough, that they had sentenced Jesus : no more was now expected, but a speedy execution. If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. Civil justice must be their hangman. It is enough conviction, that he is delivered up to the secular...

...unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man ? They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said...

...against him, that his doctrine is too pure and heavenly for us? 30. They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. Here the wickedness of their hearts comes full in view ; they would have had Pilate condemn him without...

...them, and said ; " What accusation bring ye against this man ? " They answered and said unto him ; " If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee." Then said Pilate unto them ; " Take ye him, and judge him according to your law." The Jews therefore...

...unto them and said, what accusation bring ye against this man? They answered and said unto him, if he were not a malefactor we would not have delivered him up unto thee. Then said Pilate unto them, take ye him and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said...

...difficulty. At first they tried to bring a sort of general charge against Him, saying to Pilate, " If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thce ;" expecting the governor, without any further inquiry, to confirm their sentence. But the Romans...

...leaders make no specific charge. They knew not well what to say. They, therefore, reply generally, " If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee." This would not do for a Roman judge. It was too vague a mode of accusing. They, then, put forth a charge...

...pronounced him to be " guilty of death," Matt. xxvi. 66, and when they came before Pilate, said, " If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee," John xviii. 30 ; yet Pilate gave the cause a fresh hearing, and did not at all rely upon the information...

...case they brought forward ; and concealing their surprise under the garb of pride, they answered, " If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee," John xviii. 30. " Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law," John...