Hechos 13:28

28 Y sin hallar en él causa de muerte, pidieron a Pilato que le matara

Hechos 13:28 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 13:28

And though they found no cause of death in him
That is, no crime that deserved death; they sought for such, but could find none; they suborned false witnesses, who brought charges against him, but could not support them; wherefore Pilate, his judge, several times declared his innocence, and would have discharged him:

yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain;
they were urgent and importunate with him, that he would order him to be put to death; the power of life and death being then in the hands of the Romans; the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "that they might slay him"; and the Arabic version, "that he might slay him"; and the Ethiopic version renders the whole quite contrary to the sense, "and they gave power to Pilate to hang him"; whereas the power of putting him to death was in Pilate, and not in them: and therefore they were pressing upon him, that he would order his execution, notwithstanding his innocence.

Hechos 13:28 In-Context

26 Varones hermanos, hijos del linaje de Abraham, y los que entre vosotros temen a Dios, a vosotros es enviada esta Palabra de salud

27 Porque los que habitaban en Jerusalén, y sus príncipes, no conociendo a éste, y las voces de los profetas que se leen todos los sábados, condenándolo, las cumplieron

28 Y sin hallar en él causa de muerte, pidieron a Pilato que le matara

29 Y habiendo cumplido todas las cosas que de él estaban escritas, quitándolo del madero, lo pusieron en el sepulcro

30 Mas Dios le levantó de los muertos