John 19:12-16 ▼

12 From this [time] Pilate was seeking to release Him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, “If you may release this One, you are not a friend of Caesar; everyone making himself a king speaks against Caesar.”

13 Pilate, therefore, having heard this word, brought Jesus outside—and he sat down on the judgment seat—to a place called, “Pavement,” and in Hebrew, Gabbatha;

14 and it was the Preparation of the Passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he says to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”

15 And they cried out, “Take away! Take away! Crucify Him!” Pilate says to them, “Will I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king except Caesar.”

16 Then, therefore, he delivered Him up to them, that He may be crucified, and they took Jesus and led [Him] away,