YHN 19:13 Parallel Verse View

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GHT So, the Pilate, hear[ing] of {the words, the-same}, leads the Jesus outside and sits-down upon of {the step-effect} into [the] place being-said, "stone-paved/spread;" moreover, Hebrew-ly "gabbatha."

ULT Therefore, Pilate, having heard these words, brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place called “The Pavement,” but in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”

UST So when Pilate heard that, he ordered his soldiers to bring Jesus out. Then Pilate sat down to pronounce a verdict on the seat where he usually pronounced verdicts. This was at a place people called “The Stone Pavement,” which was “Gabbatha” in the language spoken by the Jews.

BSB [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[fn] [is] Gabbatha.

19:13 Or in Aramaic; also in verses 17 and 20

MSB [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[fn] [is] Gabbatha.

19:13 Or in Aramaic; also in verses 17 and 20

BLB Therefore Pilate, having heard these words, brought Jesus out and sat down upon the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

AICNT So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

OEB On hearing what they said, Pilate brought Jesus out, and took his seat on the Bench at a place called “The Stone Pavement” – in Hebrew “Gabbatha.”

WEBBE When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgement seat at a place called “The Pavement”, but in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”

WMBB When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Yeshua out and sat down on the judgement seat at a place called “The Pavement”, but in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”

NET When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called “The Stone Pavement” ( Gabbatha in Aramaic).

LSV Pilate, therefore, having heard this word, brought Jesus outside—and he sat down on the judgment seat—to a place called, “Pavement,” and in Hebrew, Gabbatha;

FBV When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called Stone Pavement (Gabbatha in Hebrew).

TCNT When Pilate heard [fn]this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement (or in Hebrew, Gabbatha).

19:13 this ¦ these words CT

T4T When Pilate heard that, he brought Jesus out again. He sat down at the place where he made decisions about punishing people. The place was called {People called it} The Stone Pavement. In the Aramaic language its name was Gabbatha.

LEB So Pilate, when he[fn] heard these words, brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat, in the place called The Stone Pavement (but Gabbatha in Aramaic).

19:13 *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal

BBE So when these words came to Pilate's ear, he took Jesus out, seating himself in the judge's seat in a place named in Hebrew, Gabbatha, or the Stone Floor.

Moff On hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out and seated him on the tribunal at a spot called the 'mosaic pavement' — the Hebrew name is Gabbatha

Wymth On hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judge's seat in a place called the Pavement—or in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

ASV When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment-seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

DRA Now when Pilate had heard these words, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat, in the place that is called Lithostrotos, and in Hebrew Gabbatha.

YLT Pilate, therefore, having heard this word, brought Jesus without — and he sat down upon the tribunal — to a place called, 'Pavement,' and in Hebrew, Gabbatha;

Drby Pilate therefore, having heard these words, led Jesus out and sat down upon [the] judgment-seat, at a place called Pavement, but in Hebrew Gabbatha;

RV When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment-seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
(When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgement-seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.)

SLT Then Pilate having heard, brought Jesus without, and sat upon the judgment seat, in a place called Paved with ornamental stones; in Hebraic, Gabbatha.

Wbstr When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down on the judgment-seat, in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

KJB-1769 ¶ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
(¶ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgement seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.)

KJB-1611 ¶ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Iesus foorth, and sate downe in the iudgement seate, in a place that is called the pauement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps When Pilate hearde that saying, he brought Iesus foorth, & he sate downe in the iudgement seate, in a place that is called the pauement, but in the Hebrue tounge, Gabbatha.
(When Pilate heard that saying, he brought Yesus/Yeshua forth, and he sat down in the judgement seat, in a place that is called the pavement, but in the Hebrew tongue, Gabbatha.)

Gnva When Pilate heard this woorde, hee brought Iesus foorth, and sate downe in the iudgement seate in a place called the Pauement, and in Hebrewe, Gabbatha.
(When Pilate heard this word, he brought Yesus/Yeshua forth, and sat down in the judgement seat in a place called the Pauement, and in Hebrewe, Gabbatha.)

Cvdl Whan Pilate herde yt worde, he brought Iesus forth, & sat hi downe vpo ye iugdmet seate, in the place which is called the Pauement, but in the Hebrue, Gabbatha.
(When Pilate herd/heard it word, he brought Yesus/Yeshua forth, and sat hi down upon ye/you_all iugdmet seat, in the place which is called the Pauement, but in the Hebrue, Gabbatha.)

TNT When Pylate hearde that sayinge he brought Iesus forthe and sate doune to geve sentence in a place called the pavement: but in the Hebrue tonge Gabbatha.
(When Pilate heard that saying he brought Yesus/Yeshua forth and sat down to give sentence in a place called the pavement: but in the Hebrew tongue Gabbatha.)

Wycl And Pilat, whanne he hadde herd these wordis, ledde Jhesu forth, and sat for domesman in a place, that is seid Licostratos, but in Ebrew Golgatha.
(And Pilate, when he had herd these words, led Yhesu forth, and sat for judgementsman in a place, that is said Licostratos, but in Hebrew Golgotha.)

Luth Da Pilatus das Wort hörete, führete er JEsum heraus und setzte sich auf den Richterstuhl an der Stätte, die da heißt Hochpflaster, auf ebräisch aber Gabbatha.
(So Pilate the word heard, led he Yesum out_of_here and sat itself/yourself/themselves on/in/to the judgement_seat at/to the/of_the site/place, the there is_called Hochpflaster, on/in/to Hebrew but Gabbatha.)

ClVg Pilatus autem cum audisset hos sermones, adduxit foras Jesum: et sedit pro tribunali, in loco qui dicitur Lithostrotos, hebraice autem Gabbatha.
(Pilate however when/with would_have_heard these conversations, he_brought outside Yesus: and sat_down for tribunali, in/into/on instead who/which it_is_said Lithostrotos, hebrew however Gabbatha.)

UGNT ὁ οὖν Πειλᾶτος, ἀκούσας τῶν λόγων τούτων, ἤγαγεν ἔξω τὸν Ἰησοῦν, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ βήματος, εἰς τόπον λεγόμενον Λιθόστρωτον, Ἑβραϊστὶ δὲ, Γαββαθᾶ.
(ho oun Peilatos, akousas tōn logōn toutōn, aʸgagen exō ton Yaʸsoun, kai ekathisen epi baʸmatos, eis topon legomenon Lithostrōton, Hebraisti de, Gabbatha.)

SBL-GNT Ὁ οὖν Πιλᾶτος ἀκούσας ⸂τῶν λόγων τούτων⸃ ἤγαγεν ἔξω τὸν Ἰησοῦν, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ⸀ἐπὶ βήματος εἰς τόπον λεγόμενον Λιθόστρωτον, Ἑβραϊστὶ δὲ Γαββαθα.
(Ho oun Pilatos akousas ⸂tōn logōn toutōn⸃ aʸgagen exō ton Yaʸsoun, kai ekathisen ⸀epi baʸmatos eis topon legomenon Lithostrōton, Hebraisti de Gabbatha.)

RP-GNT Ὁ οὖν Πιλάτος ἀκούσας τοῦτον τὸν λόγον ἤγαγεν ἔξω τὸν Ἰησοῦν, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματος, εἰς τόπον λεγόμενον Λιθόστρωτον, Ἑβραϊστὶ δὲ Γαββαθᾶ·
(Ho oun Pilatos akousas touton ton logon aʸgagen exō ton Yaʸsoun, kai ekathisen epi tou baʸmatos, eis topon legomenon Lithostrōton, Hebraisti de Gabbatha;)

TC-GNT Ὁ οὖν [fn]Πιλᾶτος ἀκούσας [fn]τούτων τῶν λόγων ἤγαγεν ἔξω τὸν Ἰησοῦν, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ [fn]τοῦ βήματος, εἰς τόπον λεγόμενον Λιθόστρωτον, Ἑβραϊστὶ δὲ [fn]Γαββαθᾶ·
(Ho oun Pilatos akousas toutōn tōn logōn aʸgagen exō ton Yaʸsoun, kai ekathisen epi tou baʸmatos, eis topon legomenon Lithostrōton, Hebraisti de Gabbatha;)

19:13 πιλατος ¦ πειλατος ᴛʜ ᴡʜ

19:13 τουτον τον λογον ʙ¹⁵ ¦ τουτων των λογων ʙ¹⁵ ¦ των λογων τουτων ᴄᴛ

19:13 του ¦ — ᴄᴛ

19:13 γαββαθα ʙ^pt ¦ γαβαθα ʙ^pt ᴘᴄᴋ

Key for above GNTs: orange:accents differ, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 18:28–19:16a: Pilate investigated Jesus and decided that he should die

This section tells how the soldiers took Jesus to the Roman governor, Pilate. Pilate questioned Jesus to find out why the Jews wanted him to punish Jesus with death. He could find no reason to do that. But the Jewish leaders there insisted that Pilate crucify him. Finally, Pilate agreed that Jesus could be crucified.

Here are other possible section headings:

Pilate questioned the Jews and Jesus and sent Jesus to be crucified

Pilate investigated Jesus and decided that he could be punished with death

Jesus’ trial and judgment before Pilate

This section can be divided into seven smaller pieces, where each piece is a separate event. Jews often arranged written materials to include seven related pieces, where the first and last pieces relate, and the second and sixth relate, and the third and fifth relate. Then the middle piece, the fourth, stands alone and is emphasized. That happens in this section as well. Here is a chart showing the seven pieces of this section and how they relate:

18:28–32: Outside the house; Jews ask for Jesus’ death

18:33–38a: Inside the house; Pilate asks Jesus if he is King of the Jews

18:38b–40: Outside the house; Pilate says, “I find no case against him.”

19:1–3: The soldiers beat Jesus with a whip and pretend that he is the king of the Jews

19:4–8: Outside the house; Pilate says, “I find no case against him.”

19:8–11: Inside the house; Pilate asks Jesus where he came from

19:12–16a: Outside the house; Pilate allows Jews to crucify Jesus

The middle piece, 19:1–3, is different from all the other pieces. Pilate is only mentioned and is not an important person in this event. That is different from all the other pieces. This middle piece therefore is emphasized. The only ones who seem to worship Jesus in the whole section do so in this middle piece. However, they only pretend to worship and are very cruel as they mock Jesus.

In your translation, you may want to find ways to emphasize 19:1–3. Also, try to translate this section in ways that make it possible to see the connections between the pieces.

Paragraph 19:12–16a

This paragraph tells of Pilate’s last attempt to get the Jewish religious leaders to agree to release Jesus. The Jewish leaders threatened him by implying that releasing Jesus would make the emperor angry. So finally Pilate condemned Jesus to death.

19:13a

When Pilate heard these words,

When Pilate heard what they were saying, (REB)
When Pilate heard what the crowd was threatening,

When Pilate heard these words: The phrase these words refers to what the people just said to Pilate.

19:13b

he brought Jesus out

he ordered Jesus to be brought out to him
he told the soldiers to lead Jesus out of the palace/mansion to the courtyard.

he brought Jesus out: This clause implies that Pilate told the soldiers to take Jesus outside. They took him from the court in Pilate’s house to the courtyard in front of the house. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

he led Jesus outside (JBP)

he caused Jesus to be brought/led outside

19:13c

and sat on the judgment seat

and sat down on his judge’s chair
He sat down on the official judgment seat
He took his seat where the judge always sat to announce his decisions.

and sat on the judgment seat: Pilate sat down on the judge’s seat in the courtyard. That was a sign that he would soon announce his final decision about the case.

There are two ways to understand the Greek verb that the BSB translates as sat:

It means that Pilate sat down himself on the judge’s bench. For example:
Pilate sat down on the judgment seat (NLT) (BSB, NRSV, RSV, ESV, NIV, NET, GNT, NLT, REB, GW, NASB, CEV, NCV, KJV)
It means that Pilate seated Jesus (caused him to sit) on the judge’s bench, perhaps to mock him. For example:
Pilate…seated him on the chair of judgment (NJB) (NJB)

It is strongly recommended that you follow interpretation (1) with the great majority of translations and scholars.

the judgment seat: The Greek word that the BSB translates as the judgment seat refers to a raised platform with a seat. The governor, acting as judge, sat on this seat to announce his decisions. For example:

the judge’s seat (GNT)

In translating this expression, avoid implying that Pilate sat on someone else’s seat. This seat was used by the governor to announce judgments and decisions. It may therefore be natural to say:

his judgment bench

the seat of the governor when giving judgment (Tagbanwa Back Translation)

19:13d

at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.

in the area called “Paved with Stones,” which is called “Gabbatha” in the Hebrew language.
It was in the courtyard called “Stone Floor,” which the Jews call “Gabbatha.”

at a place: The place where Pilate took his seat was an outdoor pavement in the governor’s courtyard.

called the Stone Pavement: The phrase the Stone Pavement is the name of this area in the courtyard. It indicates that it was paved (covered) with large flat rocks to form a solid floor.

which in Hebrew is Gabbatha: The expression which in Hebrew is Gabbatha is short for “in the Hebrew language (Aramaic) this place is called Gabbatha.” The Hebrew people (Jews) called this pavement Gabbatha. This does not mean that the word Gabbatha meant “Stone Pavement.” The meaning of the Aramaic word Gabbatha is uncertain.

Here are other ways to translate this phrase:

(In the Jewish language the name is Gabbatha) (NCV)

the Jewish people call it Gabbatha

in Hebrew: Hebrew refers to the language that the Jewish people in Jesus’ day spoke, which was Aramaic. See 5:2, where the same expression is used. Here are some other ways this phrase can be translated:

in Aramaic (ESV)

in the language of the Jews

in the language that the Jews speak

Because the author of this book, John, is also a Jew, in some languages it is more natural to say:

in our^(excl) language

in the language that we^(excl) Jews speak

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τῶν λόγων τούτων

¬the ˱of˲_words these

Here, these words refers to what the Jewish leaders had said in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this plainly. Alternate translation: [what the Jewish leaders said to him]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἤγαγεν ἔξω τὸν Ἰησοῦν

brought outside (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Οὖν Πιλᾶτος ἀκούσας τῶν λόγων τούτων ἤγαγεν ἔξω τόν Ἰησοῦν καί ἐκάθισεν ἐπί βήματος εἰς τόπον λεγόμενον Λιθόστρωτον Ἑβραϊστί Δέ Γαββαθᾶ)

John implies that Pilate ordered his soldiers to bring Jesus out. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [commanded the soldiers to bring Jesus out]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐκάθισεν

˱he˲_sat_down

Since a person would sit down to teach or make official statements, the phrase sat down here implies that Pilate was going to speak to the people about what he had decided to do with Jesus. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [he sat down to judge]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐπὶ βήματος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ Οὖν Πιλᾶτος ἀκούσας τῶν λόγων τούτων ἤγαγεν ἔξω τόν Ἰησοῦν καί ἐκάθισεν ἐπί βήματος εἰς τόπον λεγόμενον Λιθόστρωτον Ἑβραϊστί Δέ Γαββαθᾶ)

The judgment seat was a special chair in which a leader sat when he was making an official judgment. If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of judgment, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [in the seat used for judging people]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

εἰς τόπον λεγόμενον Λιθόστρωτον

at ˓a˒_place ˓being˒_called ˓the˒_Stone_Pavement

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [in a place the people called “The Pavement]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Ἑβραϊστὶ

See how you translated this phrase in [5:2](../05/02.md).

Γαββαθᾶ

Gabbatha

John writes out the sounds of this Jewish Aramaic word with Greek letters. Since John translates the meaning earlier in the verse, you should write out this word using the most similar sounds in your language.