John 19:5-16

New American Standard Bible

⁵Jesus then came out, ^(A)wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate *said to them, “Behold, the Man!” ⁶So when the chief priests and the ^(B)officers saw Him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him; for ^(C)I find no grounds for charges in ^[a]His case!” ⁷The Jews answered him, “^(D)We have a law, and by that law He ought to die, because He ^(E)made Himself out to be the Son of God!”

⁸Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; ⁹and he ^(F)entered the ^[b]Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But ^(G)Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰So Pilate *said to Him, “Are you not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?” ¹¹Jesus answered him, “^(H)You would have no authority ^[c]over Me at all, if it had not been given to you from above; for this reason ^(I)the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.” ¹²As a result of this, Pilate ^[d]made efforts to release Him; but the Jews shouted, saying, “^(J)If you release this Man, you are not a friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king ^[e]opposes Caesar!”

¹³Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and ^(K)sat down on the judgment seat at a place called ^[f]The Pavement—but ^(L)in ^[g]Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴Now it was ^(M)the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the ^[h]^(N)sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Look, ^(O)your King!” ¹⁵So they shouted, “^(P)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 except Caesar.”