John 19:1-10 ▼

1 Then Pilate had Jesus taken away and whipped.

2 The soldiers twisted some thorns into a victor's crown, put it on his head, and threw a purple robe on him.

3 They kept coming up to him and saying, |Long live the king of the Jews!| Then they began to slap him on the face.

4 Pilate went outside again and told the Jews, |Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.|

5 Then Jesus came outside, wearing the victor's crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate told them, |Here is the man!|

6 When the high priests and the officials saw him, they shouted, |Crucify him! Crucify him!| Pilate told them, |You take him and crucify him. I find no basis for a charge against him.|

7 The Jewish leaders answered Pilate, |We have a law, and according to that Law he must die because he made himself out to be the Son of God.|

8 When Pilate heard this, he became even more afraid.

9 Returning to his headquarters, he asked Jesus, |Where are you from?| But Jesus did not answer him.

10 So Pilate asked him, |Aren't you going to speak to me? You realize, don't you, that I have the authority to release you and the authority to crucify you?|