John 19:1-10 ▼

1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged.

2 The soldiers also twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and clothed him in a purple robe.

3 And they kept coming up to him and saying, “Hail, king of the Jews! ” and were slapping his face.

4 Pilate went outside again and said to them, “Look, I’m bringing him out to you to let you know I find no grounds for charging him.”

5 Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Here is the man! ”

6 When the chief priests and the temple servants saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify! ” Pilate responded, “Take him and crucify him yourselves, since I find no grounds for charging him.”

7 “We have a law,” the Jews replied to him, “and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”

8 When Pilate heard this statement, he was more afraid than ever.

9 He went back into the headquarters and asked Jesus, “Where are you from? ” But Jesus did not give him an answer.

10 So Pilate said to him, “Do you refuse to speak to me? Don’t you know that I have the authority to release you and the authority to crucify you? ”