New American Standard Bible 1995

John 19:1-16

1Pilate then took Jesus and 1 2scourged Him. 2 3And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him; 3and they began to come up to Him and say, “4Hail, King of the Jews!” and to 5give Him slaps in the face. 4Pilate 6came out again and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that 7I find no guilt in Him.” 5Jesus then came out, 8wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the Man!” 6So when the chief priests and the 9officers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for 10I find no guilt in Him.” 7The Jews answered him, “11We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He 12made Himself out to be the Son of God.”

8Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; 9and he 13entered into the 14Praetorium again and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But 15Jesus gave him no answer. 10So 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?” 11Jesus answered, “16You would have no authority 17over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason 18he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.” 12As a result of this Pilate 19made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, “20If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king 21opposes Caesar.”

13Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and 22sat down on the judgment seat at a place called 23The Pavement, but 24in 25Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14Now it was 26the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the 27 28sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold, 29your King!” 15So they cried out, “30Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” 16So he then 31handed Him over to them to be crucified.

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Notes

1. John 19:1 Or had Him scourged ↩
2. John 19:1 Matt 27:26 ↩
3. John 19:2 Matt 27:27-30: Mark 15:16-19 ↩
4. John 19:3 Matt 27:29; Mark 15:18 ↩
5. John 19:3 John 18:22 ↩
6. John 19:4 John 18:33, 38 ↩
7. John 19:4 Luke 23:4; John 18:38; 19:6 ↩
8. John 19:5 John 19:2 ↩
9. John 19:6 Matt 26:58; John 18:3 ↩
10. John 19:6 Luke 23:4; John 18:38; 19:4 ↩
11. John 19:7 Lev 24:16; Matt 26:63-66 ↩
12. John 19:7 John 5:18; 10:33 ↩
13. John 19:9 John 18:33 ↩
14. John 19:9 I.e. governor’s official residence ↩
15. John 19:9 Matt 26:63; 27:12, 14; John 18:34-37 ↩
16. John 19:11 Rom 13:1 ↩
17. John 19:11 Lit against ↩
18. John 19:11 John 18:13f, 28ff; Acts 3:13 ↩
19. John 19:12 Lit was seeking to ↩
20. John 19:12 Luke 23:2; John 18:33ff ↩
21. John 19:12 Or speaks against ↩
22. John 19:13 Matt 27:19 ↩
23. John 19:13 Gr The Lithostrotos ↩
24. John 19:13 John 5:2; 19:17, 20 ↩
25. John 19:13 I.e. Jewish Aramaic ↩
26. John 19:14 Matt 27:62; John 19:31, 42 ↩
27. John 19:14 Perhaps 6 a.m. ↩
28. John 19:14 Matt 27:45; Mark 15:25 ↩
29. John 19:14 John 19:19, 21 ↩
30. John 19:15 Luke 23:18 ↩
31. John 19:16 Matt 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:25 ↩

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