“ We wouldn’t have handed him over to you if he weren’t a criminal!” they retorted.

他们回答说：“这人若不是作恶的，我们就不把他交给你。”

他们回答他说：“这人若不作恶，我们就不会把他交给你了。”

他们回答他说：“这人若不作恶，我们就不会把他交给你了。”

他们回答说：“如果祂没有为非作歹，我们也不会把祂送到你这里来。”

他们回答：“如果这个人没有作恶，我们就不会把他交给你。”

他们回答说：“这个人如果不是作恶的，我们就不会把他交给你了。”

他們回答說：「這人若不是作惡的，我們就不把他交給你。」

他們回答他說：「這人若不作惡，我們就不會把他交給你了。」

他們回答他說：「這人若不作惡，我們就不會把他交給你了。」

他們回答說：「如果祂沒有為非作歹，我們也不會把祂送到你這裡來。」

他們回答：“如果這個人沒有作惡，我們就不會把他交給你。”

他們回答他說：『這個人若不是作惡的，我們就不把他送交給你。』

他們回答說：「這個人如果不是作惡的，我們就不會把他交給你了。」

對曰、彼若非行惡者、我儕則不付於爾矣、

對曰、無罪、則不解與爾、

答曰、彼若非犯罪、則不解於爾、

眾應曰：『苟非惡類、必不解之爾前。』

“ If he were not a criminal,” they replied,“ we would not have handed him over to you.”

“ He has committed crimes,” they replied.“ If he hadn’t, we would not have handed him over to you.”

They answered him,“ If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.”

They answered him,“ If this man weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed him over to you.”

They answered and said to him,“ If this Man were not a criminal, we would not have handed Him over to you.”

They answered and said to him,“ If He were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him up to you.”

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

They answered him,“ If this man weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed Him over to you.”

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

They replied,“ If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

They answered him,“ If this man weren’t an evildoer, we wouldn’t have delivered him up to you.”

“ Listen,” he said,“ we’re going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. They will sentence him to die and hand him over to the Romans.

that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.”

Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders shouted,“ If you release this man, you are no‘ friend of Caesar.’ Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar.”

The teachers of religious law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus immediately because they realized he was telling the story against them— they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the people’s reaction.Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus.“ Teacher,” they said,“ we know that you speak and teach what is right and are not influenced by what others think. You teach the way of God truthfully.Now tell us— is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”He saw through their trickery and said,“ Show me a Roman coin. Whose picture and title are stamped on it?”“ Caesar’s,” they replied.“ Well then,” he said,“ give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.”So they failed to trap him by what he said in front of the people. Instead, they were amazed by his answer, and they became silent.

Then the leading priests kept accusing him of many crimes,

For it is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— the God of all our ancestors— who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate’s decision to release him.

They began to state their case:“ This man has been leading our people astray by telling them not to pay their taxes to the Roman government and by claiming he is the Messiah, a king.”So Pilate asked him,“ Are you the king of the Jews?” Jesus replied,“ You have said it.”Pilate turned to the leading priests and to the crowd and said,“ I find nothing wrong with this man!”Then they became insistent.“ But he is causing riots by his teaching wherever he goes— all over Judea, from Galilee to Jerusalem!”