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OET (OET-RV) “Yeah. What is truth?” said Pilate.
¶ After he’d said this, Pilate went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I can’t find anything that he’s guilty of.
OET-LV The Pilatos is_saying to_him:
What is truth?
And having_said this, he_came_out again to the Youdaiōns, and is_saying to_them:
I am_finding not_one Guilt in him.
SR-GNT Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πιλᾶτος, “Τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια;”
¶ Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν, πάλιν ἐξῆλθεν πρὸς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, “Ἐγὼ οὐδεμίαν εὑρίσκω ἐν αὐτῷ αἰτίαν. ‡
(Legei autōi ho Pilatos, “Ti estin alaʸtheia?”
¶ Kai touto eipōn, palin exaʸlthen pros tous Youdaious, kai legei autois, “Egō oudemian heuriskō en autōi aitian.)
Key: yellow:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Pilate says to him, “What is truth?” And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and says to them, “I find no guilt in him.
UST Pilate said to him, “Nobody knows what is really true!”
¶ After Pilate said that, he went outside and talked to the Jewish leaders again. He told them, “I have found no evidence that this man has broken a law.
BSB § “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.
BLB Pilate says to Him, "What is truth?" And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and says to them, "I find no guilt in Him.
AICNT Pilate says to him, “What is truth?” And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, “I find no guilt in him.
OEB ‘What is truth?’ exclaimed Pilate. After saying this, he went out to the crowd again, and said, ‘For my part, I find nothing with which he can be charged.
WEB Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”
¶ When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.
WMB Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”
¶ When he had said this, he went out again to the Judeans, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.
NET Pilate asked, “What is truth?”
¶ When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced, “I find no basis for an accusation against him.
LSV Pilate says to Him, “What is truth?” And having said this, again he went forth to the Jews and says to them, “I find no fault in Him;
FBV “What is truth?” Pilate asked.
¶ Having said this Pilate went back out to the Jews and told them, “I find him not guilty of any crime.
TCNT Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”
¶ After he said this, he again went out to the Jews and said to them, “I find no fault in him.
T4T Pilate said to him, “How can anyone know what the truth is?”
¶ After he said that, he went outside and talked to the Jewish leaders [SYN] again. He said to them, “I do not find that he has done anything at all for which I should punish him.
LEB Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, “I find no basis for an accusation against him.
BBE Pilate said to him, True? what is true? Having said this he went out again to the Jews and said to them, I see no wrong in him.
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ASV Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?
¶ And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find no crime in him.
DRA Pilate saith to him: What is truth? And when he said this, he went out again to the Jews, and saith to them: I find no cause in him.
YLT Pilate saith to him, 'What is truth?' and this having said, again he went forth unto the Jews, and saith to them, 'I do find no fault in him;
DBY Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find no fault whatever in him.
RV Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find no crime in him.
WBS Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find no crime in him.
KJB Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
BB Pilate sayde vnto him: What thyng is trueth? And when he had sayde this, he went out agayne vnto the Iewes, & sayth vnto them, I fynde in hym no cause at all.
(Pilate said unto him: What thing is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Yewes, and saith/says unto them, I find in him no cause at all.)
GNV Pilate said vnto him, What is trueth? And when he had saide that, hee went out againe vnto the Iewes, and said vnto them, I finde in him no cause at all.
(Pilate said unto him, What is truth? And when he had said that, he went out again unto the Yewes, and said unto them, I find in him no cause at all.)
CB Pilate sayde vnto hi: What is the trueth? And whan he had sayde that he wete out agayne to the Iewes, and sayde vnto them: I fynde no gyltinesse in him:
(Pilate said unto him: What is the truth? And when he had said that he went out again to the Yewes, and said unto them: I find no gyltinesse in him:)
TNT Pilate sayde vnto him: what thinge is trueth? And when he had sayd that he went out agayne vnto the Iewes and sayde vnto them: I fynde in him no cause at all.
(Pilate said unto him: what thing is truth? And when he had said that he went out again unto the Yews and said unto them: I find in him no cause at all.)
WYC Pilat seith to hym, What is treuthe? And whanne he hadde seid this thing, eft he wente out to the Jewis, and seide to hem, Y fynde no cause in hym.
(Pilat saith/says to him, What is truth? And when he had said this thing, after he went out to the Yewis, and said to them, I find no cause in him.)
LUT Spricht Pilatus zu ihm: Was ist Wahrheit? Und da er das gesagt, ging er wieder hinaus zu den Juden und spricht zu ihnen: Ich finde keine Schuld an ihm.
(Spricht Pilatus to ihm: Was is truth? And there he the gesagt, went he again hinaus to the Yuden and spricht to ihnen: I finde keine Schuld at him.)
CLV Dicit ei Pilatus: Quid est veritas? Et cum hoc dixisset, iterum exivit ad Judæos, et dicit eis: Ego nullam invenio in eo causam.
(Dicit to_him Pilatus: Quid it_is veritas? And cum hoc dixisset, iterum exivit to Yudæos, and dicit eis: I nullam invenio in eo causam.)
UGNT λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πειλᾶτος, τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια?
¶ καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν, πάλιν ἐξῆλθεν πρὸς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, ἐγὼ οὐδεμίαν αἰτίαν εὑρίσκω ἐν αὐτῷ.
(legei autōi ho Peilatos, ti estin alaʸtheia?
¶ kai touto eipōn, palin exaʸlthen pros tous Youdaious, kai legei autois, egō oudemian aitian heuriskō en autōi.)
SBL-GNT λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πιλᾶτος· Τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια; Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν πάλιν ἐξῆλθεν πρὸς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Ἐγὼ οὐδεμίαν ⸂εὑρίσκω ἐν αὐτῷ αἰτίαν⸃·
(legei autōi ho Pilatos; Ti estin alaʸtheia? Kai touto eipōn palin exaʸlthen pros tous Youdaious, kai legei autois; Egō oudemian ⸂heuriskō en autōi aitian⸃;)
TC-GNT Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πιλάτος, Τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια;
¶ Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπών, πάλιν ἐξῆλθε πρὸς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ἐγὼ οὐδεμίαν αἰτίαν εὑρίσκω ἐν αὐτῷ.
(Legei autōi ho Pilatos, Ti estin alaʸtheia?
¶ Kai touto eipōn, palin exaʸlthe pros tous Youdaious, kai legei autois, Egō oudemian aitian heuriskō en autōi.)
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
18:1-40 After completing his farewell in the upper room (13:31–17:26), Jesus left the city and entered a garden just east of Jerusalem to pray. Here he was arrested, taken under guard into the city, and interrogated by the Jewish leaders. The climactic “time” that Jesus referred to repeatedly throughout the Gospel (see 2:4; see also study note on 12:23) was now at hand.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / pastforfuture
λέγει
/is/_saying
Here John uses the present tense in past narration in order to call attention to a development in the story.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια?
what is truth
Pilate is using a rhetorical question here to emphasize that he does not believe anyone really knows what truth is. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “No one can know the truth!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἀλήθεια
truth
Here, truth refers to any true information. If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of truth, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “What is true”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
τοὺς Ἰουδαίους
the Jews
Here, the Jews refers to the Jewish leaders. See how you translated this term in 1:19.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐγὼ οὐδεμίαν αἰτίαν εὑρίσκω ἐν αὐτῷ
I not_one (Some words not found in SR-GNT: λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πιλᾶτος τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν πάλιν ἐξῆλθεν πρὸς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ἐγὼ οὐδεμίαν εὑρίσκω ἐν αὐτῷ αἰτίαν)
Pilate speaks of guilt as if it were an object that can be inside a person. If your readers would not understand this, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternative translation: “I find no evidence that he is guilty of any crime”