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.
Jesus answered, Thou couldest, х ouk (G3756) eiches (G2192) rather, 'Thou shouldest'] have no power at all against me-neither to crucify, nor to release, nor to do anything whatever against Me, as Bengel expresses it,
Except it were ('unless it had been') given thee from above. - q.d., 'Thou thinkest too much of thy power, Pilate: against Me that power is none, except what is meted out to thee by special divine appointment, for a special end.'
Therefore he that delivered me unto thee - to wit, Caiaphas; but he only as representing the Jewish authorities as a body,
Hath the greater sin - as having better opportunities and more knowledge of such matters.