12tadArabhya pIlAtastaM mochayituM cheShTitavAn kintu yihUdIyA ruvanto vyAharan yadImaM mAnavaM tyajasi tarhi tvaM kaisarasya mitraM na bhavasi, yo janaH svaM rAjAnaM vakti saeva kaimarasya viruddhAM kathAM kathayati|
13etAM kathAM shrutvA pIlAto yIshuM bahirAnIya nistArotsavasya AsAdanadinasya dvitIyapraharAt pUrvvaM prastarabandhananAmni sthAne .arthAt ibrIyabhAShayA yad gabbithA kathyate tasmin sthAne vichArAsana upAvishat|
14anantaraM pIlAto yihUdIyAn avadat, yuShmAkaM rAjAnaM pashyata|
15kintu enaM dUrIkuru, enaM dUrIkuru, enaM krushe vidha, iti kathAM kathayitvA te ravitum Arabhanta; tadA pIlAtaH kathitavAn yuShmAkaM rAjAnaM kiM krushe vedhiShyAmi? pradhAnayAjakA uttaram avadan kaisaraM vinA kopi rAjAsmAkaM nAsti|
16tataH pIlAto yIshuM krushe vedhituM teShAM hasteShu samArpayat, tataste taM dhR^itvA nItavantaH|
17tataH paraM yIshuH krushaM vahan shiraHkapAlam arthAd yad ibrIyabhAShayA gulgaltAM vadanti tasmin sthAna upasthitaH|
18tataste madhyasthAne taM tasyobhayapArshve dvAvaparau krushe.avidhan|
19aparam eSha yihUdIyAnAM rAjA nAsaratIyayIshuH, iti vij nApanaM likhitvA pIlAtastasya krushopari samayojayat|
20sA lipiH ibrIyayUnAnIyaromIyabhAShAbhi rlikhitA; yIshoH krushavedhanasthAnaM nagarasya samIpaM, tasmAd bahavo yihUdIyAstAM paThitum Arabhanta|
21yihUdIyAnAM pradhAnayAjakAH pIlAtamiti nyavedayan yihUdIyAnAM rAjeti vAkyaM na kintu eSha svaM yihUdIyAnAM rAjAnam avadad itthaM likhatu|
22tataH pIlAta uttaraM dattavAn yallekhanIyaM tallikhitavAn|