KJV King James Version
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
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John 19:14
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
WEB World English Bible
Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
ASV American Standard Version
Now it was the Preparation of the passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, ‘Lo, your king!’
Surrounding context — John 19
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power [at all] against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
15 But they 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 Caesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led [him] away.
17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called [the place] of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
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ἦνG1510 · eimito beδὲG1161 · dethenπαρασκευὴG3904 · paraskeuēPreparationτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoπάσχα,G3957 · paschaPassover lambὥραG5610 · hōrahourἦνG1510 · eimito beὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenἕκτη.G1623 · hektossixthκαὶG2532 · kaiandλέγειG3004 · legōto sayτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸουδαίοις·G2453 · IoudaiosJewἴδεG2396 · idelook!ὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoβασιλεὺςG935 · basileuskingὑμῶν.G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
Matthew 27:62Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,John 19:5Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And [Pilate] saith unto them, Behold the man!John 19:42There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation [day]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.Mark 15:25And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.John 19:19-22And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.Luke 23:54And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.John 19:31-32The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away.John 19:3And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.Mark 15:42And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,Mark 15:33-34And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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