John 19:6
What does John 19:6 mean?
A plain-English look at John 19:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What John 19:6 means
When the chief priests and officers see Jesus, their response is not pity but an intensified demand: "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate, frustrated, tells them to crucify Him themselves, reiterating that he finds no grounds for such a sentence. This exchange reveals the unyielding hatred of the Jewish leaders and Pilate's desperate attempt to avoid responsibility. Their cry for crucifixion demonstrates their complete rejection of Jesus, sealed by their refusal to execute someone outside of Roman law.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him: for I find no crime in him.
KJV
King James Version · 1611When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him: for I find no crime in him.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So when the chief priests and the police saw him they gave a loud cry, To the cross! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and put him on the cross: I see no crime in him.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862When, therefore, the chief priests and the officers did see him, they cried out, saying, `Crucify, crucify;' Pilate saith to them, `Take ye him--ye, and crucify; for I find no fault in him;'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752When the chief priests, therefore, and the servants had seen him, they cried out, saying: Crucify him, Crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Take him you, and crucify him: for I find no cause in him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him they cried out saying, Crucify, crucify [him]. Pilate says to them, Take him ye and crucify [him], for I find no fault in him.
Context
This verse details the immediate, hostile reaction of the Jewish leaders to Pilate's presentation of Jesus. It directly follows Pilate's declaration of Jesus' innocence and his attempt to appeal to the crowd's sympathy. Their shouts for crucifixion highlight their unwavering determination, leading to the pivotal revelation of their true blasphemous charge against Jesus in the next verse.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
- John 18:31
Pilate therefore said unto them, Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
- Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
- John 19:15
They therefore cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cæsar.
- Acts 2:23
him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:
- Luke 23:4
And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find no fault in this man.
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