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JOHN 19
JESUS’ TRIAL BEFORE PILATE 28Jesus’ trial
before Caiaphas ended in the early hours of
the morning. Then he was taken to the headquarters of the Roman governor.* His accusers
didn’t go inside because it would defile them,
and they wouldn’t be allowed to celebrate the
Passover. 29So Pilate, the governor, went out to
them and asked, “What is your charge against
this man?”
30
“We wouldn’t have handed him over to you
if he weren’t a criminal!” they retorted.
31
“Then take him away and judge him by your
own law,” Pilate told them.
“Only the Romans are permitted to execute
someone,” the Jewish leaders replied. 32(This
fulfilled Jesus’ prediction about the way he
would die.*)
33
Then Pilate went back into his headquarters
and called for Jesus to be brought to him. “Are
you the king of the Jews?” he asked him.
34
Jesus replied, “Is this your own question, or
did others tell you about me?”
35
“Am I a Jew?” Pilate retorted. “Your own
people and their leading priests brought you to
me for trial. Why? What have you done?”
36
Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an
earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would
fight to keep me from being handed over to the
Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this
world.”
37
Pilate said, “So you are a king?”
Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize
that what I say is true.”
38
“What is truth?” Pilate asked. Then he went
out again to the people and told them, “He is
not guilty of any crime. 39But you have a custom
of asking me to release one prisoner each year
at Passover. Would you like me to release this
‘King of the Jews’?”
40
But they shouted back, “No! Not this
man. We want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a
revolutionary.)
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JESUS SENTENCED TO DEATH Then
Pilate had Jesus flogged with a
lead-tipped whip. 2The soldiers wove a crown
of thorns and put it on his head, and they put
a purple robe on him. 3“Hail! King of the Jews!”
they mocked, as they slapped him across the
face.
4
Pilate went outside again and said to the
people, “I am going to bring him out to you
now, but understand clearly that I find him not
guilty.” 5Then Jesus came out wearing the crown
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of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said,
“Look, here is the man!”
6
When they saw him, the leading priests and
Temple guards began shouting, “Crucify him!
Crucify him!”
“Take him yourselves and crucify him,” Pilate
said. “I find him not guilty.”
7
The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he
ought to die because he called himself the
Son of God.”
8
When Pilate heard this, he was more
frightened than ever. 9He took Jesus back
into the headquarters* again and asked him,
“Where are you from?” But Jesus gave no answer. 10“Why don’t you talk to me?” Pilate
demanded. “Don’t you realize that I have the
power to release you or crucify you?”
11
Then Jesus said, “You would have no power
over me at all unless it were given to you from
above. So the one who handed me over to you
has the greater sin.”
12
Then Pilate tried to release him, but the
Jewish leaders shouted, “If you release this
man, you are no ‘friend of Caesar.’* Anyone
who declares himself a king is a rebel against
Caesar.”
13
When they said this, Pilate brought Jesus
out to them again. Then Pilate sat down on the
judgment seat on the platform that is called
the Stone Pavement (in Hebrew, Gabbatha).
14
It was now about noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the
people,* “Look, here is your king!”
15
“Away with him,” they yelled. “Away with
him! Crucify him!”
“What? Crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the leading
priests shouted back.
16
Then Pilate turned Jesus over to them to be
crucified.
THE CRUCIFIXION So they took Jesus away.
Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the
place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha). 18There they nailed him to the cross.
Two others were crucified with him, one on
either side, with Jesus between them. 19And
Pilate posted a sign on the cross that read,
“Jesus of Nazareth,* the King of the Jews.”
20
The place where Jesus was crucified was near
the city, and the sign was written in Hebrew,
Latin, and Greek, so that many people could
read it.
21
Then the leading priests objected and said
17
18:28 Greek to the Praetorium; also in 18:33. 18:32 See John
12:32-33. 19:9 Greek the Praetorium. 19:12 “Friend of Caesar” is
a technical term that refers to an ally of the emperor. 19:14 Greek
Jewish people; also in 19:20. 19:19 Or Jesus the Nazarene.
