John 18:39-19:16

Legacy Standard Bible

^39 (A)But you have a custom that I release someone ^[a]for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release ^[b]for you the King of the Jews?” ⁴⁰ So they cried out again, saying, “^(B)Not this man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.

Jesus Flogged and Rejected as King

19 Pilate then took Jesus and ^[c](C)flogged Him. ^2 (D)And when the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and put a purple ^[d]robe on Him; ³ and they were coming to Him and saying, “^(E)Hail, King of the Jews!” and were ^(F)giving Him slaps in the face. ⁴ And Pilate ^(G)came out again and *said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that ^(H)I find no guilt in Him.” ⁵ Jesus then came out, ^(I)wearing the crown of thorns and the purple ^[e]robe. Pilate *said to them, “Behold, the man!” ⁶ So when the chief priests and the ^(J)officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for ^(K)I find no guilt in Him.” 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 became more afraid; ⁹ and he ^(N)entered into the ^[f]Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But ^(O)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, “^(P)You would have no authority ^[g]over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason ^(Q)he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.” ¹² As a result of this Pilate kept seeking to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, “^(R)If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself to be a king ^[h]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 ^[i]The Stone Pavement, but ^(T)in ^[j]Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴ Now it was ^(U)the day of ^[k]Preparation for the Passover; it was about the ^[l](V)sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Behold, ^(W)your King!” ¹⁵ So they cried out, “^(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 but Caesar.”

The Crucifixion

¹⁶ So he then ^(Y)delivered Him over to them to be crucified.