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Acts 13:28
And having found no cause of death [in him], they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.
Acts 13:28 · Darby Bible
Acts 13:28 in other translations
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.
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In context
25 And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? I am not [he]. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.
26 Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent:
27 for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the voices of the prophets which are read on every sabbath, [by] judging [him].
28 And having found no cause of death [in him], they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.
29 And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;
30 but God raised him from among [the] dead,
31 who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
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