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Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders shouted, “If you release this man, you are no ‘friend of Caesar.’ Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar.”
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When they said this, Pilate brought Jesus out to them again. Then Pilate sat down on the judgment seat on the platform that is called the Stone Pavement (in Hebrew, ).
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It was now about noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the people, “Look, here is your king!”
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“Away with him,” they yelled. “Away with him! Crucify him!” “What? Crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the leading priests shouted back.
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Then Pilate turned Jesus over to them to be crucified. The Crucifixion So they took Jesus away.
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Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, ).
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There they nailed him to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on either side, with Jesus between them.
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And Pilate posted a sign on the cross that read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”
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The place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, so that many people could read it.
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Then the leading priests objected and said to Pilate, “Change it from ‘The King of the Jews’ to ‘He said, I am King of the Jews.’”
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Pilate replied, “No, what I have written, I have written.”