"If He were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed Him over to you."
Cross References
John 18:29So Pilate went out to them and asked, "What accusation are you bringing against this man?"
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.
2 Timothy 2:9for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
1 Peter 4:15Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.
Treasury of Scripture
They answered and said to him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to you.
If.
John 19:12
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
Mark 15:3
And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
Luke 20:19-26
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them…
delivered.
Mark 10:33
Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
Luke 24:7
Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
