John 19:1-11

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Crown of Thorns

19 Pilate then took Jesus and ^[a](A)scourged Him. ^2 (B)And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him; ³ and they began to come up to Him and say, “^(C)Hail, King of the Jews!” and to ^(D)give Him slaps in the face. ⁴ Pilate ^(E)came out again and *said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that ^(F)I find no guilt in Him.” ⁵ Jesus then came out, ^(G)wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate *said to them, “Behold, the Man!” ⁶ So when the chief priests and the ^(H)officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for ^(I)I find no guilt in Him.” ⁷ The Jews answered him, “^(J)We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He ^(K)made Himself out to be the Son of God.”

⁸ Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; ⁹ and he ^(L)entered into the ^[b]Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But ^(M)Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰ So Pilate *said to Him, “You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?” ¹¹ Jesus answered, “^(N)You would have no authority ^[c]over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason ^(O)he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”