John 19:15

John 19:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cesar.
• New International Version (NIV)But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They cried out, "Away with him, away with him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”

Context of John 19:15

13When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha. 14It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!” At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests. 16Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away. 17Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

John 19:15 word by word

ἐκραύγασαν οὖν ἐκεῖνοι· ἆρον ἆρον, σταύρωσον αὐτόν. λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Πιλᾶτος· τὸν βασιλέα ὑμῶν σταυρώσω;¶ ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς· οὐκ ἔχομεν βασιλέα εἰ μὴ Καίσαρα.¶Read the interlinear

• At thisοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• they shoutedκραυγάζωkraugazō · to shoutG2905
• Awayαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• with Himἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• Crucifyσταυρόωstauroō · to crucifyG4717
• Himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Kingβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
• PilateΠιλᾶτοςPilatos · PilateG4091
• askedλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• We haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• noοὐou · noG3756
• butεἰei · if: notG1487
• butμήmē · notG3361
• CaesarΚαῖσαρKaisar · CaesarG2541
• repliedἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• chief priestsἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749

Cross-references for John 19:15

• John 19:6As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
• Luke 23:18But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
• Acts 21:36For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”
• Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
• John 18:31“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
• Ezekiel 21:26This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.

Commentaries on John 19:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Away with him - : probably this means, kill him. In Isaiah 57:1, it is said, , , and just men are taken away; that is, according to some, by a violent death.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The final words of the priests, “We have no king but Caesar,” are a contradiction of the Old Testament belief that God was Israel’s king (compare Judges 8:23; 1 Samuel 8:7; 10:19). Jerusalem and its religious leaders were killing their true king while honoring Caesar, the pagan king of Rome (John 18:37).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1612-16. And from thenceforth--particularly this speech, which seems to have filled him with awe, and redoubled his anxiety. Pilate sought to release him--that is, to gain their consent to it, for he could have done it at once on his authority. but the Jews cried--seeing their advantage, and not slow to profit by it. If thou let this man go, thou art not Cæsar's friend, &c.--"This was equivalent to a threat of impeachment, which we know was much dreaded by…Read the comment

Topics related to John 19:15

• Complicity
• Cowardice
• Government
• Hypocrisy
• Irony
• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution
• Priest
• Sarcasm

In the dictionaries

• Pilate; Pontius
• Pilate
• Caesar
• Humiliation of Christ
• Thenceforth
• Tiberius Caesar
• Writing
• Cry, Crying
• Jesus Christ
• Jesus Christ, the Arrest and Trial of

Commentaries on John 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings