John 19:1-10 ▼

1 Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him.

2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him;

3 and they [began] to come up to Him and say, |Hail, King of the Jews!| and to give Him slaps [in the face].

4 Pilate came out again and said to them, |Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him.|

5 Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. [Pilate] said to them, |Behold, the Man!|

6 So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, |Crucify, crucify!| Pilate said to them, |Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.|

7 The Jews answered him, |We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out [to] [be] the Son of God.|

8 Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was [even] more afraid;

9 and he entered into the Praetorium again and said to Jesus, |Where are You from?| But Jesus gave him no answer.

10 So Pilate said to Him, |You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?|