John 18:30

John 18:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
• New International Version (NIV)“If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)They answered him, "If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you."
• New King James Version (NKJV)They answered and said to him, “If He were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him up to you.”

Context of John 18:30

28Early in the morning, Jesus was taken from Caiaphas’ house to the governor’s palace. The Jews wouldn’t go into the palace. They didn’t want to become unclean, since they wanted to eat the Passover. 29So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What accusation are you making against this man?” The Jews answered Pilate, “If he weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed him over to you.” 31Pilate told the Jews, “Take him, and try him by your law.” The Jews answered him, “We’re not allowed to execute anyone.” 32In this way what Jesus had predicted about how he would die came true.

John 18:30 word by word

ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· εἰ μὴ ἦν οὗτος κακὸν ποιῶν, οὐκ ἄν σοι παρεδώκαμεν αὐτόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Ifεἰei · if: notG1487
• heοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• notμήmē · notG3361
• a malefactorκακοποιόςkakopoios · wrongdoingG2555
• we wouldπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• notοὐou · noG3756
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• up unto theeσύsu · youG4771

Cross-references for John 18:30

• John 19:12When Pilate heard what Jesus said, he wanted to free him. But the Jews shouted, “If you free this man, you’re not a friend of the emperor. Anyone who claims to be a king is defying the emperor.”
• Mark 15:3The chief priests were accusing him of many things.
• Luke 20:19The experts in Moses’ Teachings and the chief priests wanted to arrest him right there, but they were afraid of the people. They knew that he had directed this illustration at them.
• Luke 23:2They began to accuse Jesus by saying, “We found that he stirs up trouble among our people: He keeps them from paying taxes to the emperor, and he says that he is Christ, a king.”
• Mark 10:33“We’re going to Jerusalem. There the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings. They will condemn him to death and hand him over to foreigners.
• Luke 24:7He said, ‘The Son of Man must be handed over to sinful people, be crucified, and come back to life on the third day.’ ”
• Acts 3:13The God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed Jesus over to Pilate. You rejected him in Pilate’s presence, even though Pilate had decided to let him go free.

Commentaries on John 18:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30If he were not a malefactor - So they did not wish to make Pilate the judge, but the executor of the sentence which they had already illegally passed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30If he were not a malefactor - A violator of the law. If we had not determined that he was such, and was worthy of death, Matthew 26:66. From this it appears that they did not deliver him up to be tried, but hoped that Pilate would at once, give sentence that he should be executed according to their request. It is probable that in ordinary cases the Roman governor was not accustomed to make very strict inquiry into the justice of the sentence. The Jewish…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-32Verses 28-32 It was unjust to put one to death who had done so much good, therefore the Jews were willing to save themselves from reproach. Many fear the scandal of an ill thing, more than the sin of it. Christ had said he should be delivered to the Gentiles, and they should put him to death; hereby that saying was fulfilled. He had said that he should be crucified, lifted up. If the Jews had judged him by their law, he had been stoned; crucifying never…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40Jesus finished speaking his final words to his disciples in the upper room (13:31–17:26). Jesus then left the city and went to a garden east of Jerusalem to pray. There, authorities arrested him and took him back into the city for questioning by the Jewish religious leaders. The important "hour" Jesus often mentioned throughout the Gospel had arrived (see 2:4; see also study note on 12:23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3229-32. Pilate went out to them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?--State your charge.Read the comment

Topics related to John 18:30

• Accusation, False
• Indictments
• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution
• Pilate, Pontius
• Priest
• Prisoners

In the dictionaries

• Judge
• Resort
• Cohort
• Jesus Christ
• John, Gospel of
• Malefactor
• Pilate; Pontius

Commentaries on John 18

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings