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John 18:30

They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.

KJV

ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ· εἰ μὴ ἦν οὗτος κακὸν ποιῶν, οὐκ ἄν σοι παρεδώκαμεν αὐτόν.

Greek NT

Responderunt, et dixerunt ei : Si non esset hic malefactor, non tibi tradidissemus eum.

Vulgate

They answered and said unto him, If this man were not an evil-doer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee.

ASV

They answered and said to him: If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κακός
kakos
adjective · 50×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παραδίδωμι
paradidomi
verb · 119×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: κακὸν ποιῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: κακὸν ποιῶν | RP: κακοποιός
  • κακὸν ποιῶνSBLGNT
  • κακὸν ποιῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • κακοποιόςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 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
  • John 19:12 — And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
  • Luke 18:32 — For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
  • Luke 20:19 — And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Luke 24:7 — Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
  • 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 15:3 — And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.