Footnotes

1. John 19:8 tn Grk “heard this word.”
2. John 19:8 tn Grk “became more afraid.”
3. John 19:9 tn Grk “into the praetorium.”
4. John 19:10 tn Grk “said to him.” The words “to him” are not translated because they are unnecessary in contemporary English style.
5. John 19:10 tn Or “the power.”
6. John 19:10 tn Grk “know that I have the authority to release you and the authority to crucify you.” Repetition of “the authority” is unnecessarily redundant English style.sn See the note on Crucify in 19:6.
7. John 19:11 tn Or “power.”
8. John 19:11 tn Or “who delivered me over to you.”sn The one who handed me over to you appears to be a reference to Judas at first; yet Judas did not deliver Jesus up to Pilate, but to the Jewish authorities. The singular may be a reference to Caiaphas, who as high priest was representative of all the Jewish authorities, or it may be a generic singular referring to all the Jewish authorities directly. In either case the end result is more or less the same.
9. John 19:11 tn Grk “has the greater sin” (an idiom).sn Because Pilate had no authority over Jesus except what had been given to him from God, the one who handed Jesus over to Pilate was guilty of greater sin. This does not absolve Pilate of guilt; it simply means his guilt was less than those who handed Jesus over to him, because he was not acting against Jesus out of deliberate hatred or calculated malice, like the Jewish religious authorities. These were thereby guilty of greater sin.