John 19:5-11

⁵(Jesus therefore went forth without, wearing the crown of thorn, and the purple robe.) And he says to them, Behold the man!

⁶When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him they cried out saying, Crucify, crucify him. Pilate says to them, Take him ye and crucify him, for I find no fault in him.

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

⁸When Pilate therefore heard this word, he was the rather afraid,

⁹and went into the praetorium again and says to Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

¹⁰Pilate therefore says to him, Speakest thou not to me? Dost thou not know that I have authority to release thee and have authority to crucify thee?

¹¹Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has the greater sin.