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.
12From this time Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews cried out saying, If thou releasest this man, thou art not a friend to Caesar. Every one making himself a king speaks against Caesar.
13Pilate therefore, having heard these words, led Jesus out and sat down upon the judgment-seat, at a place called Pavement, but in Hebrew Gabbatha;
14(now it was the preparation of the passover; it was about the sixth hour;) and he says to the Jews, Behold your king!
15But they cried out, Take him away, take him away, crucify him. Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16Then therefore he delivered him up to them, that he might be crucified; and they took Jesus and led him away.
17And he went out, bearing his cross, to the place called place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha;
18where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on this side, and one on that, and Jesus in the middle.
19And Pilate wrote a title also and put it on the cross. But there was written: Jesus the Nazaraean, the King of the Jews.
20This title therefore many of the Jews read, for the place of the city where Jesus was crucified was near; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, Latin.
21The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, Do not write, The king of the Jews, but that he said, I am king of the Jews.