14 It was the preparation day for the Passover, and it was about six in the morning.[a] Then he told the Jews, “Here is your king!”

15 But they shouted, “Take Him away! Take Him away! Crucify Him!”

Pilate said to them, “Should I crucify your king?”

“We have no king but Caesar!” the chief priests answered.

16 So then, because of them, he handed Him over to be crucified.

The Crucifixion

Therefore they took Jesus away.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:14 Lit the sixth hour; see note at Jn 1:39; an alt. time reckoning would be about noon
  2. John 19:16 Other mss add and led Him out

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