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John 18:28

Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

KJV

Ἄγουσιν οὖν τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ Καϊάφα εἰς τὸ πραιτώριον· ἦν δὲ πρωΐ· καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐκ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸ πραιτώριον, ἵνα μὴ μιανθῶσιν ἀλλὰ φάγωσιν τὸ πάσχα.

Greek NT

Adducunt ergo Jesum a Caipha in prætorium. Erat autem mane : et ipsi non introierunt in prætorium, ut non contaminarentur, sed ut manducarent Pascha.

Vulgate

They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Prætorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Prætorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.

ASV

Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the governor's hall. And it was morning: and they went not into the hall, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the pasch.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Καϊάφας
kaiaphas
noun · 9×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μιαίνω
miaino
verb · 5×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πάσχα
pascha
aramaic_word · 29×
πραιτώριον
praitorion
noun · 8×
πρωΐ
proi
adverb · 12×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄγω
ago
verb · 70×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἀλλὰ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀλλὰ | RP: ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα
  • ἀλλὰSBLGNT
  • ἀλλὰWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀλλ᾽ ἵναRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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Covers the period from Herod's death through the outbreak of the revolt in AD 66. Includes the census of Quirinius, Pilate's provocations, the rule of the procurators Felix and Festus (before whom Paul appeared), Agrippa II, and the growing revolutionary movement. Provides essential political context for the entire apostolic period.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 5:8 — Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
  • 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
  • Acts 10:28 — And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man commo
  • Acts 10:28 — And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man commo
  • Acts 11:3 — Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
  • Acts 23:35 — I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
  • Amos 5:21 — I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
  • Deut 16:2 — Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
  • Isa 1:10 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
  • Jer 7:8 — Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
  • John 11:55 — And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
  • John 18:33 — Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
  • John 18:33 — Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
  • John 18:39 — But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
  • John 19:9 — And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
  • John 19:14 — And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
  • Luke 20:20 — And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
  • Luke 23:1 — And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
  • 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:
  • Mark 15:1 — And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
  • Mark 15:1 — And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
  • Mark 15:16 — And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
  • Matt 23:24 — Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
  • Matt 26:3 — Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
  • Matt 27:1 — When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
  • Matt 27:1 — When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
  • Matt 27:27 — Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
  • Matt 27:27 — Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
  • Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Num 9:6 — And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
  • Prov 7:14 — I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
  • Ps 35:16 — With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
  • Ps 55:10 — Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
  • Ps 94:20 — Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?