...might eat the passover. " Pilate therefore went forth unto them, and said, " What accusation bring je against this man ! " " They answered and said unto him, " If he were not a malefactor, we should not have delivered hi in up unto thee." " Pilate MA1T. XXVII. MARK XV. LUKb XXIII. Matt. -t»...

...elders had brought Jesus before Pilate, he said to them, John xviii. 29,30, " What accusation bring you against this man ? They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, ree would not have delivered him up unto Shce." The original word, and our English word malefactor,...

...leaders make no specific charge. They knew not well what to say. They, therefore, reply generally, " If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee." This would not do for a Roman judge. It was too vague a mode of accusing. They, then, put forth a charge...

...case they brought forward ; and concealing their surprise under the garb of pride, they answered, " If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee," John xviii. 30. " Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law," John...

...What accusation bring ye against this man ? Ib. They answered, with their accustomed haughtiness : If he were not a malefactor we would not have delivered him up to thee. John xviii. 30. They wished to have it understood, that, being a question of blasphemy, it...

...and it was early ; and they themselves went not into the judgment-hall, lest they should be denied, but that they might eat the passover. Pilate then went out unto them." — Here we see these men scrupulously avoiding outward defilements, by refusing to enter the house...

...should be defiled ; but that they might eat tht passover. Pilate then went out unto them, and said, accusation bring ye against this man ? They answered...unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not hare delivered him up unto thee. „ The Jew> ^ m eonqMrel Inen said Pilate unto them, people, had...

...that they might e'at tjie pass'over. м Pi'late then went put un'to them, and said, What aeeusa'tipn bring ye against' this man? ^ They an'swered and said un'to him, If he were not' a malefae'tor, we would noit have deliv'ered him up un'to the'e. 31 Then said Pi'late un'to them, Ta'ke...

...not into the judgmerit hall, lost ihey should he defiled ; but that they might eat the Pasaover. 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against his man ' AD 33. ~ ~' p Ma. 'JO. 57. q UP. 36.69. 71. Mar.l4.GS. La. 2'2. 5s! r cb. 13 38. M«. 26....

...these self-righteous Jews. Pilate, in deference to their scruples, went out to them, and asked them, " What accusation bring ye against this man ? They answered...malefactor we would not have delivered him up unto thee." It would appear that the first accusation which they made against him was one by which they hoped at...