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John 18:30
They said to him in answer, If the man was not a wrongdoer we would not have given him up to you.
John 18:30 · Bible in Basic English
John 18:30 in other translations
They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
“If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”
They answered him, “If this man weren’t an evildoer, we wouldn’t have delivered him up to you.”
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In context
27 Then again Peter said, No. And straight away a cock gave its cry.
28 So they took Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not go into the Praetorium, so that they might not become unclean, but might take the Passover.
29 So Pilate came out to them and put the question: What have you to say against this man?
30 They said to him in answer, If the man was not a wrongdoer we would not have given him up to you.
31 Then Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and let him be judged by your law. But the Jews said to him, We have no right to put any man to death.
32 (That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)
33 Then Pilate went back into the Praetorium and sent for Jesus and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?
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