23"Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"


In Context

20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.

21 "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" asked the governor. "Barabbas," they answered.

22 "What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?" Pilate asked. They all answered, "Crucify him!"

23 "Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"

24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It is your responsibility!"

25 All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!"

Matthew 27:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:23The governor said to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying: Let him be crucified.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:23And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:23And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23But the governor said, |Why? What evil has he done?| But they cried out exceedingly, saying, |Let him be crucified!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:23And the governor said, 'Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, 'Let be crucified.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:23And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.