12
After this, Pilate tried to let Jesus go. But the Jews cried out, "Anyone who makes himself king is against Caesar. If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar."
13
When Pilate heard what they were saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge's seat at the place called The Stone Pavement. (In the Jewish languagen the name is Gabbatha.)
14
It was about noon on Preparation Day of Passover week. Pilate said to the Jews, "Here is your king!"
15
They shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Do you want me to crucify your king?" The leading priests answered, "The only king we have is Caesar."
16
So Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be crucified. The soldiers took charge of Jesus.
17
Carrying his own cross, Jesus went out to a place called The Place of the Skull, which in the Jewish languagen is called Golgotha.
18
There they crucified Jesus. They also crucified two other men, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
19
Pilate wrote a sign and put it on the cross. It read: jesus of nazareth, the king of the jews.
20
The sign was written in the Jewish language, in Latin, and in Greek. Many of the Jews read the sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city.
21
The leading Jewish priests said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews.' But write, 'This man said, "I am the King of the Jews."' "
22
Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."