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John - ch 19 v 1 - 20
- Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped with cords.
- And the men of the army made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.
- And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.
- And Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I let him come out to you to make it clear to you that I see no wrong in him.
- Then Jesus came out with the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Here is the man!
- So when the chief priests and the police saw him they gave a loud cry, To the cross! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and put him on the cross: I see no crime in him.
- And the Jews made answer, We have a law, and by that law it is right for him to be put to death because he said he was the Son of God.
- When this saying came to Pilate's ears his fear became greater;
- And he went again into the Praetorium and said to Jesus, Where do you come from? But Jesus gave him no answer.
- Then Pilate said to him, You say nothing to me? is it not clear to you that I have power to let you go free and power to put you to death on the cross?
- Jesus gave this answer: You would have no power at all over me if it was not given to you by God; so that he who gave me up to you has the greater sin.
- Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.
- So when these words came to Pilate's ear, he took Jesus out, seating himself in the judge's seat in a place named in Hebrew, Gabbatha, or the Stone Floor.
- (It was the day when they made ready for the Passover; and it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, There is your King!
- Then they gave a loud cry, Away with him! away with him! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Am I to put your King to death on the cross? The chief priests said in answer, We have no king but Caesar.
- So then he gave him up to them to be put to death on the cross. And they took Jesus away;
- And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):
- Where they put him on the cross with two others, one on this side and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.
- And Pilate put on the cross a statement in writing. The writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- The writing was seen by a number of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was put to death on the cross was near the town; and the writing was in Hebrew and Latin and Greek.
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