10 So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?” 11 Jesus answered him, (A)“You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore (B)he who delivered me over to you (C)has the greater sin.”

12 From then on (D)Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. (E)Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” 13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on (F)the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic[a] Gabbatha. 14 Now it was (G)the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour.[b] He said to the Jews, (H)“Behold your King!” 15 They cried out, (I)“Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” 16 (J)So he (K)delivered him over to them to be crucified.

The Crucifixion

So they took Jesus,

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:13 Or Hebrew; also verses 17, 20
  2. John 19:14 That is, about noon

10 “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”

11 Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.(A) Therefore the one who handed me over to you(B) is guilty of a greater sin.”

12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king(C) opposes Caesar.”

13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat(D) at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic(E) is Gabbatha). 14 It was the day of Preparation(F) of the Passover; it was about noon.(G)

“Here is your king,”(H) Pilate said to the Jews.

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

“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.

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

16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.(I)

The Crucifixion of Jesus(J)

So the soldiers took charge of Jesus.

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