Acts 13:28

Acts 13:28

And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

a. NLT: They found no legal reason to execute him, but they asked Pilate to have him killed anyway.

b. NIV: Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

c. YLT: and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

d. Amplified Bible Classic: And although they could find no cause deserving death with which to charge Him, yet they asked Pilate to have Him executed and put out of the way.

e. Worrell Translation: and, though finding not one cause of  death, they asked of pilate that He be slain.

1. “And though they found no cause of death in him…”

a. And [Strong: 2532 * kai kahee apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.]

b. though they found [Strong: 2147 * heurisko hyoo-ris'-ko, a prolonged form of a primary heuro hyoo'-ro, which (together with another cognate form) heureo hyoo-reh'-o is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find (literally or figuratively):--find, get, obtain, perceive, see.]

c. no [Strong: 3367 * medeis may-dice', including the irregular feminine medemia may-dem-ee'-ah, and the neuter meden may-den' from 3361 and 1520; not even one (man, woman, thing):--any (man, thing), no (man), none, not (at all, any man, a whit), nothing, + without delay.]

d. cause [Strong: 156 * aitia ahee-tee'-a from the same as 154; a cause (as if asked for), i.e. (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved):--accusation, case, cause, crime, fault, (wh-)ere(-fore).]

e. of death [Strong: 2288 * aitia ahee-tee'-a from the same as 154; a cause (as if asked for), i.e. (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved):--accusation, case, cause, crime, fault, (wh-)ere(-fore).]

2. “…yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.”

a. yet desired they [Strong: 154 * aiteo ahee-teh'-o of uncertain derivation; to ask (in genitive case):--ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require.

b. Pilate [Strong: 4091 * Pilatos pil-at'-os of Latin origin; close-pressed, i.e. firm; Pilatus, a Roman:--Pilate.]

c. that he [Strong: 846 * autos ow-tos' from the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which.]

d. should be slain [Strong: 337 * anaireo an-ahee-reh'-o from 303 and (the active of) 138; to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder:--put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.]