John:19:1-16

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* So Pilate then took Jesus , and flogged him . * The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown , and put it on his head , and dressed him in a purple garment . * They kept saying , "Hail , King of the Jews !" and they kept slapping him . * Then Pilate went out again , and said to them , "Behold , I bring him out to you , that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him ." * Jesus therefore came out , wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment . Pilate said to them , "Behold , the man !" * When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him , they shouted , saying , "Crucify ! Crucify !" Pilate said to them , "Take him yourselves , and crucify him , for I find no basis for a charge against him ." * The Jews answered him , "We have a law , and by our law he ought to die , because he made himself the Son of God ." * When therefore Pilate heard this saying , he was more afraid . * He entered into the Praetorium again , and said to Jesus , "Where are you from ?" But Jesus gave him no answer . * Pilate therefore said to him , "Aren 't you speaking to me ? Don 't you know that I have power to release you , and have power to crucify you ?" * Jesus answered , "You would have no power at all against me , unless it were given to you from above . Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin ." * At this , Pilate was seeking to release him , but the Jews cried out , saying , "If you release this man , you aren 't Caesar 's friend ! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar !" * When Pilate therefore heard these words , he brought Jesus out , and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement ," but in Hebrew , "Gabbatha ." * Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover , at about the sixth hour . {"the sixth hour " would have been strkjv @6:00 AM according to the Roman timekeeping system , or noon for the Jewish timekeeping system in use , then .} He said to the Jews , "Behold , your King !" * They cried out , "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 !" * So then he delivered him to them to be crucified . So they took Jesus and led him away .

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