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Simplified Cowboy Version

Luke 23:4

Pilate turned to the religious rioters and said, "This man has done nothing wrong."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jerusalem;   Jesus, the Christ;   Thompson Chain Reference - Faultless;   Faultlessness;   Pilate, Pontius;   Pontius Pilate;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Pilate;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Exhortation;   Humiliation of Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pilate, Pontius;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Herod;   Jesus Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Luke, Gospel of;   Pilate, Pontius;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gospels, Apocryphal;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Trial of Jesus;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cross;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fault;   Pilate, Pontius;   Praetorium;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Pilate then told the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no grounds for charging this man.”
King James Version (1611)
Then saide Pilate to the chiefe Priests, and to the people, I finde no fault in this man.
King James Version
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
English Standard Version
Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this man."
New American Standard Bible
But Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no grounds for charges in the case of this Man."
New Century Version
Pilate said to the leading priests and the people, "I find nothing against this man."
Amplified Bible
Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this Man."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this man."
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this man."
Berean Standard Bible
Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
Contemporary English Version
Pilate told the chief priests and the crowd, "I don't find him guilty of anything."
Complete Jewish Bible
Pilate said to the head cohanim and the crowds, "I find no ground for a charge against this man."
Darby Translation
And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find no guilt in this man.
Easy-to-Read Version
Pilate said to the leading priests and the people, "I find nothing wrong with this man."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then sayd Pilate to the hie Priests, and to the people, I finde no fault in this man.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Pilate said to the high priests and the people, I cannot find any fault against this man.
Good News Translation
Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no reason to condemn this man."
Lexham English Bible
So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man."
Literal Translation
And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find nothing blameable in this man.
American Standard Version
And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find no fault in this man.
Bible in Basic English
And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In my opinion this man has done no wrong.
Hebrew Names Version
Pilate said to the chief Kohanim and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
International Standard Version
Then Pilate said to the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything blameworthy in this man."1 Peter 2:22;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And Pilatos said to the chief priests and to the assembly, I find no occasion against this man.
Murdock Translation
And Pilate said to the chief priests and the company: I find no crime upon this man.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then saide Pilate to the hye priestes, and to the people: I finde no fault in this man.
English Revised Version
And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find no fault in this man.
World English Bible
Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he answering him said, Thou sayest. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and the multitude, I find no fault in this man.
Weymouth's New Testament
Pilate said to the High Priests and to the crowd, "I can find no crime in this man."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Pilat seide to the princis of prestis, and to the puple, Y fynde no thing of cause in this man.
Update Bible Version
And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, I find no fault in this man.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Pilate to the chief priests, and [to] the people, I find no fault in this man.
New English Translation
Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man."
New King James Version
So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no fault in this Man."
New Living Translation
Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said, "I find nothing wrong with this man!"
New Life Bible
Then Pilate said to the religious leaders and to the people, "I find nothing wrong in this Man."
New Revised Standard
Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, Pilate, said unto the High-priests and the multitudes, Nothing, find I, worthy of blame, in this man.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Pilate said to the chief priests and to the multitudes: I find no cause in this man.
Revised Standard Version
And Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no crime in this man."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde Pylate to the hye prestes and to the people: I fynde noo faute in this man.
Young's Literal Translation
And Pilate said unto the chief priests, and the multitude, `I find no fault in this man;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Pilate sayde vnto ye hye prestes and to the people: I fynde no cause in this man.
Mace New Testament (1729)
at last Pilate said to the chief priests, and to the people, I don't find any crime in this man.
THE MESSAGE
Pilate told the high priests and the accompanying crowd, "I find nothing wrong here. He seems harmless enough to me."

Contextual Overview

1 Then they gathered Jesus up and marched him out to meet the Roman governor, Pilate. 2When they arrived, they told Pilate, "This man is trying to claim he is the true king of this land and he tells people not to pay taxes to Rome." 3Pilate looked down at Jesus and said, "Are you the king of these Jews?"Jesus looked him in the eye and said, "You spoke the words." 4Pilate turned to the religious rioters and said, "This man has done nothing wrong." 5The uproar got even louder as they all shouted, "He causes problems everywhere he goes. He is insolent to our teachings. He started in Galilee and has worked his way here." 6"If he's from Galilee, send him to Herod. He's in town. 7This man is his problem, not mine." Pilate said. 8Now Herod was glad to meet the man he'd heard so much about. He wanted to see a miracle. 9But when he questioned him, Jesus stood stoically and never opened his mouth. 10The religious rabble stood by and yelled their accusations at Jesus and tried to get Herod riled up.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I find: Luke 23:14, Luke 23:15, Matthew 27:19, Matthew 27:24, Mark 15:14, John 18:38, John 19:4-6, Hebrews 7:26, 1 Peter 1:19, 1 Peter 2:22, 1 Peter 3:18

Reciprocal: Psalms 22:16 - assembly John 18:33 - and said Acts 13:28 - General Acts 23:9 - We Acts 25:25 - committed Acts 26:31 - This man Revelation 14:5 - without

Cross-References

Acts 7:5
"But God didn't give him the land. Not even a small water lot to keep his horses. But God did say he would give all the land to Abe's descendants. This was ironic because Abe and his wife couldn't have kids.
Hebrews 11:9
Even when he rode in to the new country, he lived there purely by faith in their cowboy teepees. Same goes for his kids, Isaac and Jake. They received the same promise their daddy had.
1 Peter 2:11
Cowboys, your ride through this world is temporary. You're like an outcast in the world now. Stay away from the things of the world that will entangle you and stick to you like cockleburs. These things can destroy your soul.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Pilate to the Chief priests, and to the people,.... Both to the sanhedrim, and to the mob that were gathered together about the governor's palace on this occasion; and who were standing without the judgment hall, into which they would not enter, lest they should be defiled, and be unfit to eat the passover: wherefore Pilate came out to them; and this was the second time of his coming out to them, when he said the following words,

John 18:28.

I find no fault in this man; no cause, or reason, why any punishment should be inflicted on him, and especially he be put to death; no crime that can be fastened on him, or accusation proved against him, or any thing that amounts to a charge of sedition: the man is an harmless and innocent man, that has done nothing against Caesar, or the government, and good of the nation; and therefore is not worthy of death, or of stripes, but should be discharged. This was Pilate's sense.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I find no fault - I see no evidence that he is guilty of what you charge him with. This was after Pilate had taken Jesus into the judgment-hall by himself and examined him “privately,” and had been satisfied in regard to the nature of his kingdom. See John 18:33-38. He was “then” satisfied that though he claimed to be “a king,” yet his kingdom was not of this world, and that “his” claims did not interfere with those of Caesar.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 23:4. I find no fault in this man. — According to John 18:36; John 18:38, Pilate did not say this till after our Lord had declared to him that his kingdom was not of this world; and probably not till after he had found, on examining witnesses, (Luke 23:14,) that all their evidence amounted to no proof, of his having set up himself for a temporal king. See Bishop PEARCE.


 
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