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2And the soldierstwisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purplerobe on Him;
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and they began to come up to Him and say, "3Hail, King of the Jews!" and to 4give Him slaps in the face.
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Pilate5came out again and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that 6I findnoguilt in Him."
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Jesusthencame out, 7wearing the crown of thorns and the purplerobe. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the Man!"
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Sowhen the chiefpriests and the 8officerssaw Him, they cried out saying, "Crucify, crucify!" Pilatesaid to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for 9I findnoguilt in Him."
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The Jewsanswered him, "10We have a law, and by that law He ought to diebecause He 11madeHimself out to be the Son of God."
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ThereforewhenPilateheardthisstatement, he was even moreafraid;
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and he 12entered into the Praetoriumagain and said to Jesus, "Where are You from?" But 13Jesusgave him noanswer.
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SoPilatesaid to Him, "You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I haveauthority to release You, and I haveauthority to crucify You?"
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Jesusanswered, "14You would haveno*authorityover Me, unless* it had beengiven you from above; for thisreason15he who delivered Me to you has the greatersin."
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As a result of thisPilatemadeefforts to release Him, but the Jewscried out saying, "16If you releasethisMan, you are nofriend of Caesar; everyone who makeshimself out to be a kingopposesCaesar."
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Therefore when Pilateheardthesewords, he broughtJesus out, and 17satdown on the judgmentseat at a placecalled The Pavement, but 18in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
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Now it was 19the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the 20sixthhour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold, 21your King!"
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So they cried out, "22Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!" Pilatesaid to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chiefpriestsanswered, "We havenoking but Caesar."
The Crucifixion
16So he then23handed Him over to them to be crucified.
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24They tookJesus, therefore, and He went out, 25bearing His owncross, to the place called26the Place of a Skull, which is called27in Hebrew, Golgotha.
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There they crucified Him, and with Him 28twoothermen, one on eitherside, and Jesus in between.
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Pilatealsowrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "29JESUS THE NAZARENE, 30THE KING OF THE JEWS."
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Thereforemany of the Jewsreadthisinscription, for the placewhereJesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written31in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.
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So the chiefpriests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, "Do not write, '32The King of the Jews '; but that He said, 'I am33King of the Jews.' "
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Pilateanswered, "34What I have written I have written."