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John 18:29

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John 18:29

& Therefore Pilate went out to them and *said, "What accusation do you bring against this Man?"

John 18:30

& They answered and said to him, "If this Man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you."

John 18:31

& So Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law." The Jews said to him, "We are not permitted to put anyone to death,"

John 18:32

& to fulfill the word of Jesus which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.

John 18:33

& Therefore Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?"

John 18:34

& Jesus answered, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?"

John 18:35

& Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?"

John 18:36

& Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not (Lit {from here}) of this realm."

John 18:37

& Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say {correctly} that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."

John 18:38

& Pilate *said to Him, "What is truth?"
And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and *said to them, "I find no guilt in Him.

John 18:39

& ~"But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?"