4
Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
5
When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
6
As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!” But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”
7
The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
8
When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid,