¹² From that moment on, Pilate tried to let him go.

But the Judaeans shouted at him.

“If you let this fellow go,” they said, “you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who sets himself up as a king is speaking against Caesar!”

¹³ So when Pilate heard them saying that, he brought Jesus out and sat down at the official judgment seat, called The Pavement (in Hebrew, “Gabbatha”). ¹⁴ It was about midday on the day of Preparation for the Passover.

“Look,” said Pilate, “here is your king!”