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?"


In Context

20 "I have spoken openly to the world," Jesus replied. "I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

21 Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said."

22 When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby struck him in the face. "Is this the way you answer the high priest?" he demanded.

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?"

24 Then Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.

25 As Simon Peter stood warming himself, he was asked, "You are not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it, saying, "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 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?'

The American 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 smite you me?