John 18 · Verse 35

John 18:35

Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
John 18:35, King James Version

John 18:35 in other translations

BSB“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”
WEBPilate answered, “I’m not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?”
ASVPilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
YLTPilate answered, ‘Am I a Jew? thy nation, and the chief priests did deliver thee up to me; what didst thou?'
DARBYPilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thy nation and the chief priests have delivered thee up to me: what hast thou done?
BBEPilate said, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have given you into my hands: what have you done?
WebsterPilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thy own nation, and the chief priests, have delivered thee to me: What hast thou done?

What does John 18:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 18:33-38

33-38. Pilate ... called Jesus, and said ... Art thou the King of the Jews?--In Lu 23:2 they charge our Lord before Pilate with "perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that He Himself is Christ a king." Perhaps this was what occasioned Pilate's question.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 35. Am I a Jew? Am l 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 biassed by the malignant charges of the accusers?

Thine own nation &c. In this Pilate denies that it was from anything thing 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.

(w) "own nation" Jn 19:11, Acts 3:13

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 18:33-40

Art thou the King of the Jews? that King of the Jews who has been so long expected? Messiah the Prince; art thou he? Dost thou call thyself so, and wouldest thou be thought so? Christ answered this question with another; not for evasion, but that Pilate might consider what he did. He never took upon him any earthly power, never were any traitorous principles or practices laid to him. Christ gave an account of the…

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John 18:35 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἀπεκρίθηapekrithēAnsweredG611
ὁho<the>G3588
Πιλᾶτος·PilatosPilate;G4091
μήτιmētisurely not everG3385
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473
ἸουδαῖόςIoudaiosa JewG2453
εἰμι;eimiam?G1510
τὸtoTheG3588
ἔθνοςethnosnationG1484
τὸto<the>G3588
σὸνsonof YouG4771
καὶkaiandG2532
οἱhoitheG3588
ἀρχιερεῖςarchiereischief priestsG749
παρέδωκάνparedōkandeliveredG3860
σεseYouG4771
ἐμοί·emoito me myself;G1473
τίtiWhatG5101
ἐποίησας;¶epoiēsasdid You do?G4160

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Cross references for John 18:35

  • 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.

  • Acts 22:22-24

    And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

  • Acts 25:19-20

    But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.

  • John 19:6

    When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

  • Nehemiah 4:2

    And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

  • Acts 3:13

    The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

  • John 18:28

    Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

  • Acts 18:14-16

    And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. And he drave them from the judgment seat.

  • Acts 21:38

    Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?

  • Romans 3:1-2

    What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

  • Acts 23:29

    Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

  • Ezra 4:12

    Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Am I.
Ezr 4:12; Ne 4:2; Ac 18:14-16; 23:29; 25:19,20; Ro 3:1,2
Thine.
28; 19:11; Ac 3:13
what.
19:6; Ac 21:38; 22:22-24

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Context

  • John 18:34

    Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?

  • John 18:35

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

  • John 18:36

    Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

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John 18:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pilato respondió: ¿Soy yo Judío? Tu gente, y los pontífices, te han entregado á mí: ¿qué has hecho?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Pilate répondit: Suis-je Juif, moi? Ta nation et les principaux sacrificateurs t’ont livré à moi; qu’as-tu fait?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Pilatus antwortete: Bin ich etwa ein Jude? Deine Nation und die Hohenpriester haben dich mir überliefert; was hast du getan?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Respondit Pilatus: Numquid ego Judæus sum? gens tua et pontifices tradiderunt te mihi: quid fecisti?