John 19:1-11

The Crown of Thorns

1 Pilate then took Jesus and ¹scourged Him.

2 ²And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him;

3 and they began to come up to Him and say, "³Hail, King of the Jews!" and to ⁴give Him slaps in the face.

4 Pilate ⁵came out again and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that ⁶I find no guilt in Him."

5 Jesus then came out, ⁷wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the Man!"

6 So when the chief priests and the ⁸officers saw Him, they cried out saying, "Crucify, crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for ⁹I find no guilt in Him."

7 The Jews answered him, "¹⁰We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He ¹¹made Himself out to be the Son of God."

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

9 and he ¹²entered into the Praetorium again and said to Jesus, "Where are You from?" But ¹³Jesus 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, "¹⁴You would have no * authority over Me, unless * it had been given you from above; for this reason ¹⁵he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."

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