What Does John 18:35 Mean in the King James?
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The word translated “delivered” means handed over: the verse names how Jesus comes under Pilate’s power before it asks what he has done.
THE MEANING
You can be placed in another person’s power through decisions made by others, while the question of what you have done remains distinct. Pilate’s words hold both facts together: Jesus has been handed over to him, and Pilate still asks what Jesus has done.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Being handed over is not, by itself, proof that you are guilty; the transfer and the truth about what you have done are separate questions.
THE ROOT
παρέδωκαν
paredōkan
GROWS FROM
δίδωμι
didōmi
To give, placing something or someone into another’s hands.
“delivered” in this verse is paredōkan. Here παρέδωκαν (paredōkan) means “they handed over,” from παραδίδωμι (paradidōmi), built on δίδωμι (didōmi), “to give.” The word keeps the transfer in view: the nation and priests put Jesus into Pilate’s hands, but that transfer alone does not answer Pilate’s question.
ALSO GROWS
didōmi: To give or place into someone’s hands.
δίδωμι
This is the seed beneath the handover: Jesus is given into Pilate’s custody.
paradidōmi: To hand over, deliver, or betray.
παραδίδωμι
This compound names the transfer made by the nation and chief priests.
metadidōmi: To share or impart.
μεταδίδωμι
The same giving-root can describe sharing; its direction and context shape whether something is handed over or shared.
THE PATTERN
A handover names where someone is placed, while the meaning of that handover depends on what surrounds it.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?THE THREAD
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?Romans uses the same Greek verb for handing Jesus over. In John, the handover places Jesus in Pilate’s custody; Romans surrounds that same verb with the giving of all things, showing how the words around a transfer shape what it means.
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