Acts 13:28

28 They could not find any legitimate ground for a death sentence; nevertheless they asked Pilate to have him executed;

Acts 13:28 In-Context

26 "Brothers! - sons of Avraham and those among you who are 'God-fearers'! It is to us that the message of this deliverance has been sent!
27 For the people living in Yerushalayim and their leaders did not recognize who Yeshua was or understand the message of the Prophets read every Shabbat, so they fulfilled that message by condemning him.
28 They could not find any legitimate ground for a death sentence; nevertheless they asked Pilate to have him executed;
29 and when they had carried out all the things written about him, he was taken down from the stakeq and placed in a tomb.
30 "But God raised him from the dead!
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