John 18:39-19:16
New American Standard Bible
39 (A)However, you have a custom that I release one prisoner [a]for you at the Passover; therefore do you wish that I release [b]for you the King of the Jews?” 40 So they shouted again, saying, “(B)Not this Man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a rebel.
The Crown of Thorns
19 So Pilate then took Jesus and [c](C)had Him flogged. 2 (D)And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and placed it on His head, and put a purple [d]cloak on Him; 3 and they repeatedly came up to Him and said, “(E)Hail, King of the Jews!” and (F)slapped Him in the face again and again. 4 And then Pilate (G)came out again and *said to them, “See, I am bringing Him out to you so that you will know that (H)I find no grounds at all for charges in [e]His case.” 5 Jesus then came out, (I)wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate *said to them, “Behold, the Man!” 6 So when the chief priests and the (J)officers saw Him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him; for (K)I find no grounds for charges in [f]His case!” 7 The Jews answered him, “(L)We have a law, and by that law He ought to die, because He (M)made Himself out to be the Son of God!”
8 Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; 9 and he (N)entered the [g]Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But (O)Jesus gave him no answer. 10 So 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?” 11 Jesus answered him, “(P)You would have no authority [h]over Me at all, if it had not been given to you from above; for this reason (Q)the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.” 12 As a result of this, Pilate [i]made efforts to release Him; but the Jews shouted, saying, “(R)If you release this Man, you are not a friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king [j]opposes Caesar!”
13 Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and (S)sat down on the judgment seat at a place called [k]The Pavement—but (T)in [l]Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 Now it was (U)the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the [m](V)sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Look, (W)your King!” 15 So they shouted, “(X)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.”
The Crucifixion
16 So he then (Y)handed Him over to them to be crucified.
Footnotes
- John 18:39 Or to you
- John 18:39 Or to you
- John 19:1 Lit flogged Him
- John 19:2 I.e., a Roman soldier’s cloak
- John 19:4 Lit Him
- John 19:6 Lit Him
- John 19:9 I.e., governor’s official residence
- John 19:11 Lit against
- John 19:12 Lit was seeking to
- John 19:12 Or speaks against
- John 19:13 Gr Lithostrotos
- John 19:13 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
- John 19:14 I.e., about noon
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