The Gospel of John

4. Pilate went out again and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in him.

5. Then Jesus came out wearing a crown of thorns and a scarlet robe. And Pilate said to them, Behold, Man!

6. And when the chief priests and ministers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take Him, and crucify Him; for I find no fault in him.

7. The Jews answered him, "We have the law, and according to our law he must die, because he made himself the Son of God."

8. When Pilate heard this word, he was more afraid.

9. And he went back into the praetorium and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus did not give him an answer.

10. Pilate said to him, "Do you not answer me?" Do you not know that I have power to crucify you, and have power to let you go?

11. Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over me if it had not been given to you from above; therefore greater sin is on him who delivered me to you.

12. From that time on, Pilate sought to let him go. And the Jews cried out, "If thou wilt let Him go, thou art no friend of Caesar; Everyone who makes himself a king is an opponent of Caesar.

13. When Pilate heard this word, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat, in a place called Lythostroton, or in Hebrew Gabbatha.

14. Then was the Friday before the Passover, and the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, Behold, your King!

15. But they cried out, "Take, take, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your king? And the chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

16. Then at last he delivered Him up to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him away.

17. And bearing his cross, he went out to a place called Golgotha in Hebrew;