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  • John 19:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 11 Jesus answered him: “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been granted to you from above. This is why the man who handed me over to you has greater sin.”

  • John 19:11
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 11 ἀπεκρίθη Answered αὐτῷ to him Ἰησοῦς Jesus Οὐκ Not εἶχες you were having ἐξουσίαν authority κατ’ down on ἐμοῦ me οὐδεμίαν not one εἰ if μὴ not ἦν it was δεδομένον (thing) having been given σοι to you ἄνωθεν· from above; διὰ through τοῦτο this ὁ the (one) παραδούς having given beside μέ me σοι to you μείζονα greater ἁμαρτίαν sin ἔχει. is having.

  • John 19:11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 11 Jesus answered him: “You would have no authority* at all against me unless it had been granted to you from above.*+ This is why the man that handed me over to you has greater sin.”

  • John 19:11
    The Bible in Living English
    • 11 Jesus answered “You would not have any power at all against me if it were not given to you from above; for this reason the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”

  • John 19:11
    American Standard Version
    • 11 Jesus answered him, Thou wouldest have no power against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.

  • John 19:11
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 11 Jesus answered him—Thou couldst have had no authority against me at all, if it had not been given unto thee from above. Therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath greater sin.

  • John 19:11
    King James Version
    • 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.

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 19:11 it-2 641; jy 296; w08 4/15 32; w94 7/1 18-19; w91 1/15 8; gt chapter 124; w90 11/1 13; w88 7/15 30; w88 8/15 27

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 19:11 w72 267; ad 1312; w62 686, 691; w52 374; w44 57; wl 168

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 19:11

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 641

      Jesus—The Way, p. 296

      The Watchtower,

      4/15/2008, p. 32

      7/1/1994, pp. 18-19

      1/15/1991, p. 8

      11/1/1990, p. 13

      8/15/1988, p. 27

      7/15/1988, p. 30

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 19
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 19:11

      from above: Or “from heaven.” The Greek word aʹno·then is rendered “from above” here and at Jas 1:17; 3:15, 17. The same term is used at Joh 3:3, 7, where it can be rendered both “again (anew)” and “from above.”​—See study note on Joh 3:3.

      the man: Rather than Judas Iscariot or any specific individual, it seems likely that Jesus had in mind all those who shared in the sin of killing him. That included Judas, “the chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin,” and even “the crowds” that were persuaded to ask for the release of Barabbas.​—Mt 26:59-65; 27:1, 2, 20-22; Joh 18:30, 35.

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