John 19:7-17

7 The Jews answered him, "¹We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He ²made Himself out to be the Son of God."

8 Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid;

9 and he ³entered into the Praetorium again and said to Jesus, "Where are You from?" But ⁴Jesus gave him no answer.

10 So Pilate said to Him, "You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?"

11 Jesus answered, "⁵You would have no * authority over Me, unless * it had been given you from above; for this reason ⁶he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."

12 As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, "⁷If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar."

13 Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and ⁸sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but ⁹in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

14 Now it was ¹⁰the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the ¹¹sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold, ¹²your King!"

15 So they cried out, "¹³Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."

The Crucifixion

16 So he then ¹⁴handed Him over to them to be crucified.

17 ¹⁵They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, ¹⁶bearing His own cross, to the place called ¹⁷the Place of a Skull, which is called ¹⁸in Hebrew, Golgotha.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 24:16; Matthew 26:63-66
• 2. John 5:18; John 10:33
• 3. John 18:33
• 4. Matthew 26:63; Matthew 27:12, 14; John 18:34-37
• 5. Romans 13:1
• 6. John 18:13f, 28f; Acts 3:13
• 7. Luke 23:2; John 18:33f
• 8. Matthew 27:19
• 9. John 5:2; John 19:17, 20
• 10. Matthew 27:62; John 19:31, 42
• 11. Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:25
• 12. John 19:19, 21
• 13. Luke 23:18
• 14. Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:25
• 15. John 19:17-24: {Matthew 27:33-44; Mark 15:22-32; Luke 23:33-43}
• 16. Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 14:27; Luke 23:26
• 17. Luke 23:33
• 18. John 19:13

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. governor's official residence
• [b]. Lit "against"
• [c]. Lit "was seeking to"
• [d]. Or "speaks against"
• [e]. Gr "The Lithostrotos"
• [f]. I.e. Jewish Aramaic
• [g]. Perhaps 6 a.m.
• [h]. Lit "bearing the cross for Himself"
• [i]. I.e. Jewish Aramaic