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Pilate went out again ,
and said to them , "
See ,
I am bringing him out to you ,
that you may know that I find no crime in him ."
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So Jesus came out ,
wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe .
Pilate said to them , "
Behold the man !"
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When the chief priests and the officers saw him ,
they cried out , "
Crucify him ,
crucify him !"
Pilate said to them , "
Take him yourselves and crucify him ,
for I find no crime in him ."
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The Jews answered him , "
We have a law ,
and by that law he ought to die ,
because he has made himself the Son of God ."
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When Pilate heard these words ,
he was the more afraid ;
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he entered the praetorium again and said to Jesus , "
Where are you from ?"
But Jesus gave no answer .
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Pilate therefore said to him , "
You will not speak to me ?
Do you not know that I have power to release you ,
and power to crucify you ?"
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Jesus answered him , "
You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above ;
therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin ."
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Upon this Pilate sought to release him ,
but the Jews cried out , "
If you release this man ,
you are not Caesar '
s friend ;
every one who makes himself a king sets himself against Caesar ."