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Bible in Basic English

And the Jews made answer, We have a law, and by that law it is right for him to be put to death because he said he was the Son of God.

New American Standard Bible

The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God.”

King James Version

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Holman Bible

“We have a law,” the Jews replied to him, “and according to that law He must die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”

International Standard Version

The Jewish leaders answered Pilate, "We have a law, and according to that Law he must die because he made himself out to be the Son of God."

A Conservative Version

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God.

American Standard Version

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Amplified

The Jews answered him, “We have a law [regarding blasphemy], and according to that law He should die, because He made Himself out to be the Son of God.”

An Understandable Version

The Jews replied, "We have a law which requires that he ought to die because he claimed to be the Son of God."

Anderson New Testament

The Jews answered: We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Common New Testament

The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

Daniel Mace New Testament

the Jews answered him, we have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he pretended to be the son of God.

Darby Translation

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he made himself Son of God.

Godbey New Testament

And the Jews responded, We have a law, and according to law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.

Goodspeed New Testament

The Jews answered, "We have a law, and by our law he deserves death, for declaring himself to be a son of God."

John Wesley New Testament

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Julia Smith Translation

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, for he made himself the Son of God.

King James 2000

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The Jews replied to him, "We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be the Son of God!"

Modern King James verseion

The Jews answered him, We have a Law, and by our Law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die: because he made himself the son of God."

Moffatt New Testament

The Jews retorted, "But we have a Law, and by [our] Law he is bound to die, because he has made himself out to be God's Son."

Montgomery New Testament

The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be God's Son,"

NET Bible

The Jewish leaders replied, "We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!"

New Heart English Bible

The Jewish leaders answered him, "We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

Noyes New Testament

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Sawyer New Testament

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God.

The Emphasized Bible

The Jews answered him - We, have, a law, and, according to the law, he ought to die, because, Son of God, himself, he made.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

The Jews replied to him, We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he hath made himself the Son of God.

Twentieth Century New Testament

"But we," replied the Jews, "have a Law, under which he deserves death for making himself out to be the Son of God."

Webster

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Weymouth New Testament

"We," replied the Jews, "have a Law, and in accordance with that Law he ought to die, for having claimed to be the Son of God."

Williams New Testament

The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and in accordance with that law He deserves to die, for claiming to be God's Son."

World English Bible

The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

Worrell New Testament

The Jews, therefore, answered him, "We have a law, and according to the law He ought to die, because He made Himself God's Son."

Worsley New Testament

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law He ought to die, because He made himself the Son of God.

Youngs Literal Translation

the Jews answered him, 'We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The Jews
Ἰουδαῖος 
Ioudaios 
Usage: 190

ἀποκρίνομαι 
Apokrinomai 
Usage: 231

him

Usage: 0

We
ἡμεῖς 
hemeis 
we, us, we ourselves
Usage: 120

ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

a law
νόμος 
Nomos 
law
Usage: 179

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

by
κατά 
Kata 
according to, after, against, in, by, daily , as,
Usage: 428

our
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

law
νόμος 
Nomos 
law
Usage: 179

he ought
ὀφείλω ὀφειλέω 
Opheilo 
ought, owe, be bound, be duty, be a debtor, be guilty, be indebted,
Usage: 24

to die
ἀποθνήσκω 
Apothnesko 
die, be dead, be at the point of death +9, perish, lie a dying, be slain +, vr dead
Usage: 93

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

he made
ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372

ἑαυτοῦ 
heautou 
Usage: 249

the Son
υἱός 
Huios 
Usage: 213

References

Context Readings

Pilate Attempts To Release Jesus

6 So 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. 7 And the Jews made answer, We have a law, and by that law it is right for him to be put to death because he said he was the Son of God. 8 When this saying came to Pilate's ears his fear became greater;



Cross References

John 5:18

For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

Leviticus 24:16

And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.

Matthew 26:63-66

But Jesus said not a word. And the high priest said to him, I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will say to us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.

Romans 1:4

But was marked out as Son of God in power by the Holy Spirit through the coming to life again of the dead; Jesus Christ our Lord,

Deuteronomy 18:20

But the prophet who takes it on himself to say words in my name which I have not given him orders to say, or who says anything in the name of other gods, will come to his death.

Matthew 27:42-43

A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.

Mark 14:61-64

But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?

Mark 15:39

And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.

John 8:58-59

Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.

John 10:30-33

I and my Father are one.

John 10:36-38

Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?

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