"Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?" — John 18:29

John 18:29 · KJV

“Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?”

— John 18:29

Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. {the hall...: or, Pilate's house}

Verse 30

They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.

John 18 — Context

Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.

Pilate then went out 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 unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

Cross References

Matthew 27:23

And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

Mark 15:2-5

And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest {it}.

Matthew 27:11-14

And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

Luke 23:2-3

And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this {fellow} perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

Acts 23:28-30

And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

Acts 25:16

To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.