John 18:31-40

31 So Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law." The Jews said to him, "We are not permitted to put anyone to death,"

32 to fulfill ¹the word of Jesus which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.

33 Therefore Pilate ²entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, "³Are You the King of the Jews?"

34 Jesus answered, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?"

35 Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?"

36 Jesus answered, "⁴My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm."

37 Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "⁵You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, ⁶to testify to the truth. ⁷Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."

38 Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he ⁸ went out again to the Jews and said to them, "⁹ I find no guilt in Him.

39 "¹⁰But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?"

40 So they cried out again, saying, "¹¹Not this Man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 20:19; Matthew 26:2; Mark 10:33; Luke 18:32; John 3:14; John 8:28; John 12:32
• 2. John 18:28, 29; John 19:9
• 3. Luke 23:3; John 19:12
• 4. Matthew 26:53; Luke 17:21; John 6:15
• 5. Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:2; Luke 22:70; Luke 23:3
• 6. John 1:14; John 3:32; John 8:14
• 7. John 8:47; 1 John 4:6
• 8. John 18:33; John 19:4
• 9. Luke 23:4; John 19:4, 6
• 10. John 18:39-19:16: {Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15; Luke 23:18-25}
• 11. Acts 3:14

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "from yourself"
• [b] Or "is not derived from"
• [c] Lit "from here"
• [d] Or "to you"
• [e] Or "to you"