Jesus answered, ‹Thou couldest have no power› [at all] ‹against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.›
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Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Jésus répondit: Tu n'aurais sur moi aucun pouvoir, s'il ne t'avait été donné d'en haut. C'est pourquoi celui qui me livre à toi commet un plus grand péché.
KJV
Jesus answered, ‹Thou couldest have no power› [at all] ‹against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.›
Jacques Sirmond
History of Predestinarianism
you can do nothing" John 15:5. And: "No one can have anything unless it is given to him from above" John 19:11. And the Apostle Paul: "By the grace of God, I am what I am" First Corinthians 13:10. And another: "Every good and perfect gift is from above" James 1:17. And the prophe…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
cero states (Paradox. iii). Therefore all sins are equal. On the contrary, Our Lord said to Pilate ( Jn. 19:11 ): "He that hath delivered me to thee, hath the greater sin," and yet it is evident that Pilate was guilty of some sin. Therefore one sin is greater than another. I answ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
rom punishment against the laws imposed on him by his superior. Wherefore Augustine in commenting on John 19:11, "Thou shouldst not have any power against Me," says (Tract. cxvi in Joan.): "The power which God gave Pilate was such that he was under the power of Caesar, so that he…
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