John 19:5-16 - Pilate Sentences Jesus To Death

⁵ Then Jesus came forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe, And he saith to them, Behold the man.

⁶ But when the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify, crucify him. Pilate saith to them, Take ye him and crucify him; for I find no fault in him.

⁷ The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

⁸ When Pilate heard that saying, ⁹ he was the more afraid, And returned into the palace and saith to Jesus, Whence art thou? ¹⁰ But Jesus gave him no answer. Then Pilate saith to him, Speakest thou not to me? Knowest thou not, that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?

¹¹ Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power over me, unless it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me to thee, hath the greater sin.

¹² Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not a friend to Cesar. Whosoever maketh himself a king, opposeth Cesar.

¹³ Pilate hearing this saying, brought Jesus forth, and sat on the judgment seat, in a place called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha; ¹⁴ (It was then the preparation of the passover, and about the third hour:) And saith to the Jews, Behold your king.

¹⁵ But they cried out, Away with him, away with him. Pilate saith to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cesar.

¹⁶ Then delivered he him to them, to be crucified.