Joh 18:30 | RWP | e4.org | If this man were not an evil-doer ( ε μη ην ουτος κακον ποιων ). Condition (negative) of second class (periphrastic imperfect indicative), assumed to be untrue, with the usual apodosis ( αν and aorist indicative, first aorist plural with κ ). This is a pious pose of infallibility not in the Synoptics. They then proceeded to make the charges ( ) as indeed John implies ( , ). Some MSS. here read κακοποιος (malefactor) as in , , with which compare Luke's κακουργος ( .; so also ), both meaning evil-doer. Here the periphrastic present participle ποιων with κακον emphasizes the idea that Jesus was a habitual evil-doer (Abbott). It was an insolent reply to Pilate (Bernard).

‏ John 18:30

If this man were not an evil-doer ( ε μη ην ουτος κακον ποιων ). Condition (negative) of second class (periphrastic imperfect indicative), assumed to be untrue, with the usual apodosis ( αν and aorist indicative, first aorist plural with κ ). This is a pious pose of infallibility not in the Synoptics. They then proceeded to make the charges (Lu 23:2) as indeed John implies (18:31, 33). Some MSS. here read κακοποιος (malefactor) as in 1Pe 2:12, 14, with which compare Luke's κακουργος (23:32f.; so also 2Ti 2:9), both meaning evil-doer. Here the periphrastic present participle ποιων with κακον emphasizes the idea that Jesus was a habitual evil-doer (Abbott). It was an insolent reply to Pilate (Bernard).