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1And 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, "2Hail, King of the Jews!" and to 3give Him slaps in the face.
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Pilate4came out again and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that 5I findnoguilt in Him."
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Jesusthencame out, 6wearing the crown of thorns and the purplerobe. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the Man!"
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Sowhen the chiefpriests and the 7officerssaw Him, they cried out saying, "Crucify, crucify!" Pilatesaid to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for 8I findnoguilt in Him."
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The Jewsanswered him, "9We have a law, and by that law He ought to diebecause He 10madeHimself out to be the Son of God."
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ThereforewhenPilateheardthisstatement, he was even moreafraid;
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and he 11entered into the Praetoriumagain and said to Jesus, "Where are You from?" But 12Jesusgave 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, "13You would haveno*authorityover Me, unless* it had beengiven you from above; for thisreason14he 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, "15If you releasethisMan, you are nofriend of Caesar; everyone who makeshimself out to be a kingopposesCaesar."