4. Second Roman Trial Before Pilate . . . . 18:39-19:16
Joh 18:39
But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?Joh 18:40
Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.Joh 19:1
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.Joh 19:2
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,Joh 19:3
And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.Joh 19:4
Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.Joh 19:5
Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!Joh 19:6
When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.Joh 19:7
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.Joh 19:8
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;Joh 19:9
And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.Joh 19:10
Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?Joh 19:11
Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.Joh 19:12
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.Joh 19:13
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.Joh 19:14
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!Joh 19:15
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.Joh 19:16
Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.