John 18:35

Weymouth New Testament

"Am I a Jew?" exclaimed Pilate; "it is your own nation and the High Priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“I’m not a Jew, am I?” Pilate replied. “Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”

King James Version (1611)
Pilate answered, Am I a Iew? Thine owne nation, and the chiefe Priests haue deliuered thee vnto mee: What hast thou done?

King James Version
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

English Standard Version
Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?"

New American Standard Bible
Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests handed You over to me; what have You done?"

New Century Version
Pilate answered, "I am not one of you. It was your own people and their leading priests who handed you over to me. What have you done wrong?"

Amplified Bible
Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and their chief priests have handed You over to me. What have You done [that is worthy of death]?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?"

Legacy Standard Bible
Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what did You do?"

Berean Standard Bible
"Am I a Jew?" Pilate replied. "Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?"

Contemporary English Version
"You know I'm not a Jew!" Pilate said. "Your own people and the chief priests brought you to me. What have you done?"

Complete Jewish Bible
Pilate replied, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and head cohanim have handed you over to me; what have you done?"

Darby Translation
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thy nation and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me: what hast thou done?

Easy-to-Read Version
Pilate said, "I'm not a Jew! It was your own people and their leading priests who brought you before me. What have you done wrong?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Pilate answered, Am I a Iewe? Thine owne nation, and the hie Priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me. What hast thou done?

George Lamsa Translation
Pilate said to him, Why, am I a Jew? Your own people and the high priests have delivered you to me; what have you done?

Good News Translation
Pilate replied, "Do you think I am a Jew? It was your own people and the chief priests who handed you over to me. What have you done?"

Lexham English Bible
Pilate replied, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your people and the chief priests handed you over to me! What have you done?"

Literal Translation
Pilate answered, Not, am I a Jew? Your nation, even the chief priests, delivered You up to me! What did You do?

American Standard Version
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

Bible in Basic English
Pilate said, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have given you into my hands: what have you done?

Hebrew Names Version
Pilate answered, "I'm not a Yehudi, am I? Your own nation and the chief Kohanim delivered you to me. What have you done?"

International Standard Version
Pilate replied, "I am not a Jew, am I? It is your own nation and high priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?"

Etheridge Translation
Pilatos saith to him, Am I a Jihudoya? The sons of thy people and the chief priests have delivered thee to me: what hast thou done ?

Murdock Translation
Pilate said to him: Am I a Jew? Thy countrymen and the chief priests have delivered thee to me. What hast thou done?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Pilate aunswered: am I a Iewe? Thyne owne nation & hye priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me, what hast thou done?

English Revised Version
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

World English Bible
Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thy own nation, even the chief priests, have delivered thee to me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Pilat answeride, Whether Y am a Jewe? Thi folc and bischops bitoken thee to me; what hast thou don?

Update Bible Version
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me: what have you done?

Webster's Bible Translation
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thy own nation, and the chief priests, have delivered thee to me: What hast thou done?

New English Translation
Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?"

New King James Version
Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?"

New Living Translation
"Am I a Jew?" Pilate retorted. "Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?"

New Life Bible
Pilate said, "Do you think I am a Jew? Your own people and religious leaders have handed You over to me. What have You done?"

New Revised Standard
Pilate replied, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Pilate answered - Am, I, a Jew? Thine own nation, and the High-priests, delivered thee up, unto me! What, hast thou done?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me. What hast thou done?

Revised Standard Version
Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me; what have you done?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Pylate answered: Am I a Iewe? Thyne awne nacion and hye prestes have delyvered ye vnto me. What hast thou done?

Young's Literal Translation
Pilate answered, `Am I a Jew? thy nation, and the chief priests did deliver thee up to me; what didst thou?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Pilate answered: Am I a Iewe? Thy people and the hye prestes haue delyuered the vnto me. What hast thou done?

Mace New Testament (1729)
Pilate answered, am I a Jew? your own nation, and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me: what hast thou done?

THE MESSAGE
Pilate said, "Do I look like a Jew? Your people and your high priests turned you over to me. What did you do?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
"Do I look like a Jew to you?" Pilate spat back. "Your own people brought you to me. What have you done?"

Contextual Overview

²⁸ So they brought Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Praetorium. It was the early morning, and they would not enter the Praetorium themselves for fear of defilement, and in order that they might be able to eat the Passover. ²⁹ Accordingly Pilate came out to them and inquired, "What accusation have you to bring against this man?" ³⁰ "If the man were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you." ³¹ "Take him yourselves," said Pilate, "and judge him by your Law." "We have no power," replied the Jews, "to put any man to death." ³² They said this that the words might be fulfilled in which Jesus predicted the kind of death He was to die. ³³ Re-entering the Praetorium, therefore, Pilate called Jesus and asked Him, "Are *you* the King of the Jews?" ³⁴ "Do you say this of yourself, or have others told it you about me?" replied Jesus. ³⁵ "Am I a Jew?" exclaimed Pilate; "it is your own nation and the High Priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?" ³⁶ "My kingdom," replied Jesus, "does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my subjects would have resolutely fought to save me from being delivered up to the Jews. But, as a matter of fact, my kingdom has not this origin." ³⁷ "So then *you* are a king!" rejoined Pilate. "Yes," said Jesus, "you say truly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this purpose I have come into the world--to give testimony for the truth. Every one who is a friend of the truth listens to my voice."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Amos I: Ezra 4:12, Nehemiah 4:2, Acts 18:14-16, Acts 23:29, Acts 25:19, Acts 25:20, Romans 3:1, Romans 3:2

Thine: John 18:28, John 19:11, Acts 3:13

what: John 19:6, Acts 21:38, Acts 22:22-24

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:13 - What Genesis 31:26 - What 2 Samuel 3:24 - What hast Zechariah 13:6 - I was Matthew 27:13 - Hearest Luke 12:14 - who Luke 18:32 - delivered Acts 5:21 - But

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Pilate answered, am I a Jew?.... This he said, in a sort of derision and contempt; who was not a Jew, neither by birth, nor by religion, and so had never imbibed any notions of their King Messiah, nor read anything about him; and knew nothing of his distinguishing characters and properties, by which he was described, and might be known; and therefore it remained, that what he had said, though not expressed, was not of himself, of his own knowledge or observation, but arose from some intimations and suggestions the Jews had given him:

thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me; that is, the men of his nation, his countrymen the Jews, who best understood their own laws and books of prophecy; and what expectations they had formed from thence, concerning their king, and his kingdom; and the principal of the priesthood, who were accounted men of the greatest learning, piety, and integrity, they had brought him bound before him; they had entered a charge against him, and had delivered him up into his hands, as an enemy to Caesar, and a traitor to his government:

what hast thou done? as an occasion of such treatment, and as the foundation of such a charge; surely there must be something in it, or men of such character would never impeach a man altogether innocent, and one of their own country too!

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Am I a Jew? - Am I likely to be influenced by Jewish prejudices and partialities? Am not I, being a Roman, likely to judge impartially, and to decide on the accusations without being blessed by the malignant charges of the accusers?

Thine own nation ... - In this Pilate denies that it was from anything that he had observed that Jesus was arraigned. He admits that it was from the accusation of others; but then he tells the Saviour that the charge was one of moment, and worthy of the deepest attention. It had come from the very nation of Jesus, from his own countrymen, and from the highest authority among the people. As such it demanded consideration, and Pilate besought him to tell him what he had done - that is, what there had been in his conduct that had given occasion for this charge.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 35. Am I a Jew? — That is, I am not a Jew, and cannot judge whether thou art what is called the Christ, the king of the Jews. It is thy own countrymen, and their spiritual rulers, who delivered thee up to me with the above accusation.

What hast thou done? — If thou dost not profess thyself king over this people, and an enemy to Caesar, what is it that thou hast done, for which they desire thy condemnation?