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John 18:29

Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?

KJV

ἐξῆλθεν οὖν ὁ Πειλᾶτος ἔξω πρὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ φησίν· τίνα κατηγορίαν φέρετε τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου;

Greek NT

Exivit ergo Pilatus ad eos foras, et dixit : Quam accusationem affertis adversus hominem hunc ?

Vulgate

Pilate therefore went out unto them, and saith, What accusation bring ye against this man?

ASV

Pilate therefore went out to them, and said: What accusation bring you against this man?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πιλᾶτος
pilatos
noun · 55×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατηγορία
kategoria
noun · 4×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
φέρω
phero
verb · 68×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἔξω
exo
adverb · 62×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ἔξω | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔξω
  • ἔξωSBLGNT
  • ἔξωWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: φησίν | WH/Treg/NIV: φησίν | RP: εἶπεν
  • φησίνSBLGNT
  • φησίνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἶπενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: κατὰ | Treg/NIV/RP: κατὰ
  • κατὰSBLGNT
  • κατὰTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

'When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.' See Matt. xxvii. 1. They did not wait for accusers; they took counsel among themselves, being both judges and accusers at once. And they bound Him and led Him away to Pontius Pilate the governor. See Matt. xxvii. 2. Why did they not slay Him themselves? In…

Cross-references

  • Acts 25:5 — Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
  • Luke 23:2 — And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
  • Mark 15:2 — And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.
  • Matt 27:11 — And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
  • Matt 27:11 — And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
  • Matt 27:23 — And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
  • Ps 64:6 — They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.