29 So Pilate came out to them and asked, "What charges are you bringing against this man?"
29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
29 So Pilate went outside to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
29 So Pilate came out to them and spoke. "What charge do you bring against this man?"
29 Pilate then went out to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this Man?"
29 So Pilate, the governor, went out to them and asked, "What is your charge against this man?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 18:29
Commentary on John 18:28-32
(Read John 18:28-32)
It was unjust to put one to death who had done so much good, therefore the Jews were willing to save themselves from reproach. Many fear the scandal of an ill thing, more than the sin of it. Christ had said he should be delivered to the Gentiles, and they should put him to death; hereby that saying was fulfilled. He had said that he should be crucified, lifted up. If the Jews had judged him by their law, he had been stoned; crucifying never was used among the Jews. It is determined concerning us, though not discovered to us, what death we shall die: this should free us from disquiet about that matter. Lord, what, when, and how, thou hast appointed.