Acts 13:28
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
In other versions
And though they found no cause of death `in him', yet asked they of Pilate that he should be slain.
ASV
And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.
BBE
And having found no cause of death [in him], they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.
DBY
Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.
WEB
and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,
YLT
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
ENG
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet they desired Pilate that he should be put to death.
WBT
And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
BSB
In context
26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
29And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
30But God raised him from the dead:
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Pilate