Quotes About Judgment

“If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”

“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.

“What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.

Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”

When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid,

So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?”

Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.

It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.

So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ëThe King of the Jews,í but only that He said, ëI am the King of the Jews.í”

Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.

“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ëMay his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,í and, ëMay another take his position.í

But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”

The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.í

along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priestís family.

So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.

But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in Godís sight to listen to you rather than God.

Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.

About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.