23Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smite you me?


In Context

20 Jesus answered him, I spoke openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.

21 Why ask you me? ask them which heard me, what I have said to them: behold, they know what I said.

22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answer you the high priest so?

23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smite you me?

24 Now Annas had sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore to him, Are not you also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.

John 18:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:23"If I said something wrong," Jesus replied, "testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Jesus answered him: If I have spoken evil, give testimony of the evil; but if well, why strikest thou me?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:23Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear testimony of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23Jesus answered him, |If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:23Jesus answered him, 'If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?'