John:19:1-16

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* Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged [him ]. * And the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns put it on his head , and put a purple robe on him , * and came to him and said , Hail , king of the Jews ! and gave him blows on the face . * And Pilate went out again and says to them , Lo , I bring him out to you , that ye may know that I find in him no fault whatever . * (Jesus therefore went forth without , wearing the crown of thorn , and the purple robe .) And he says to them , Behold the man ! * When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him they cried out saying , Crucify , crucify [him ]. Pilate says to them , Take him ye and crucify [him ], for I find no fault in him . * The Jews answered him , We have a law , and according to [our ] law he ought to die , because he made himself Son of God . * When Pilate therefore heard this word , he was the rather afraid , * and went into the praetorium again and says to Jesus , Whence art thou ? But Jesus gave him no answer . * Pilate therefore says to him , Speakest thou not to me ? Dost thou not know that I have authority to release thee and have authority to crucify thee ? * Jesus answered , Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above . On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has [the ] greater sin . * From this time Pilate sought to release him ; but the Jews cried out saying , If thou releasest this [man ], thou art not a friend to Caesar . Every one making himself a king speaks against Caesar . * Pilate therefore , having heard these words , led Jesus out and sat down upon [the ] judgment-seat , at a place called Pavement , but in Hebrew Gabbatha ; * (now it was [the ] preparation of the passover ; it was about the sixth hour ;) and he says to the Jews , Behold your king ! * But they cried out , Take [him ] away , take [him ] away , crucify him . Pilate says to them , Shall I crucify your king ? The chief priests answered , We have no king but Caesar . * Then therefore he delivered him up to them , that he might be crucified ; and they took Jesus and led him away .

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