John 19:1-11

1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged Him.

2 And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe

3 and said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they smote Him with their hands.

4 Pilate therefore went forth again and said unto them, "Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him."

5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said unto them, "Behold the man!"

6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate said unto them, "Ye take him and crucify him, for I find no fault in him."

7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid.

9 And he went again into the judgment hall and said unto Jesus, "From whence art thou?" But Jesus gave him no answer.

10 Then said Pilate unto Him, "Speakest thou not unto me? Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?"

11 Jesus answered, "Thou couldest have no power at all against Me, unless it were given thee from above. Therefore he that delivered Me unto thee hath the greater sin."