Then Pilate said to Him, Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that
I have the power to crucify or release you? Jesus answered, You would
have no power over me unless it was given from above. The one who
delivered me to you has the greater sin. From then on Pilate tried to
release Him but the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this man go, you
are no friend of Caesar. Whoever makes himself a king, speaks against
Caesar.
When Pilate heard this, he took Jesus to the judgment seat in a place
called Gabbatha. It was the preparation for the passover and around the
sixth hour. Pilate said to the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried
out, Away with Him. Away with Him. Crucify Him. Pilate said to them,
will I crucify your king? The chief priest answered, We have no king
but Caesar. Then Pilate handed Him over to them to be crucified. They
took Jesus and led Him away.
Bearing His cross, He went into a place called Golgotha. Here they
crucified Him and two others, one on either side and Jesus in the
middle. Pilate made a sign and put it on the cross. The writing was,
Jesus of Nazareth, The King Of The Jews.
This sign was read by many of the Jews because the place where Jesus
was crucified was near the city and the words were written in Hebrew,
Greek, and Latin. Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do
not write The King of the Jews, but write, He said, I am King of the
Jews.
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