John 19:7

John 19:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
• New International Version (NIV)The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”

Context of John 19:7

5Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!” 6When the chief priests and the temple servants saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!” Pilate responded, “Take him and crucify him yourselves, since I find no grounds for charging him.” “We have a law,” the Jews replied to him, “and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.” 8When Pilate heard this statement, he was more afraid than ever. 9He went back into the headquarters and asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus did not give him an answer.

John 19:7 word by word

ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι· ἡμεῖς νόμον ἔχομεν, καὶ κατὰ τὸν νόμον ὀφείλει ἀποθανεῖν, ὅτι υἱὸν θεοῦ ἑαυτὸν ἐποίησεν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Jewsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• The JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• a lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• byκατάkata · according toG2596
• he oughtὀφείλωopheilō opheileō · to oweG3784
• to dieἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• he madeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for John 19:7

• Leviticus 24:16Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord must be put to death; the whole community is to stone him. If he blasphemes the Name, he is to be put to death, whether the resident alien or the native.
• Deuteronomy 18:20But the prophet who presumes to speak a message in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods — that prophet must die.’
• John 5:18This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill him: Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
• John 8:58Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”
• John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
• Matthew 26:63But Jesus kept silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
• Matthew 27:42“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
• Mark 14:61But he kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”
• Mark 15:39When the centurion, who was standing opposite him, saw the way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
• Romans 1:4and was appointed to be the powerful Son of God according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection of the dead.

Commentaries on John 19:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7We have a law - In Leviticus 24:14-16, we find that blasphemers of God were to be put to death; and the chief priests having charged Jesus with blasphemy, they therefore voted that he deserved to die. See Matthew 26:65, Matthew 26:66. They might refer also to the law against false prophets, Deuteronomy 18:20. The Son of God - It is certain that the Jews understood this in a very peculiar sense. When Christ called himself the Son of God, they understood it…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7We have a law - The law respecting blasphemy, Leviticus 24:16; Deuteronomy 13:1-5. They had arraigned Jesus on that charge before the Sanhedrin, and condemned him for it, Matthew 26:63-65. But this was not the charge on which they had arraigned him before Pilate. They had accused him of sedition, Luke 23:2. On this charge they were now convinced that they could not get Pilate to condemn him. He declared him innocent. Still bent on his ruin, and resolved…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7During the trial before Caiaphas, the charge of blasphemy (calling himself the Son of God) was determined to be the true crime Jesus had committed (see Mark 14:61–65). The leaders had already tried to set Jesus against Roman interests and they would do it again (John 18:33; 19:12). Now they challenged the governor in different way. Pilate had to maintain peace by enforcing local law, even if it did not matter to Rome. Claiming to be God's son was not…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. When the chief priests ... saw him, they cried out--their fiendish rage kindling afresh at the sight of Him. Crucify him, crucify him--(See Mr 15:14). Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him; for I find no fault in him--as if this would relieve him of the responsibility of the deed, who, by surrendering Him, incurred it all!Read the comment

Topics related to John 19:7

• Blasphemy
• Demagogism
• Indictments
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• King
• Opinion, Public
• Politics

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Son of God
• Crucifixion
• Humiliation of Christ
• Thenceforth
• Writing
• Die
• 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