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And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend. Whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar."
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When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
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And it was the Preparation of the Passover and about the sixth hour, and Pilate said unto the Jews, "Behold your king!"
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But they cried out, "Away with him, away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate said unto them, "Shall I crucify your king?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"
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Then he delivered Him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led Him away.
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And He, bearing His cross, went forth into a place called the Place of a Skull (which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha)
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where they crucified Him and two others with Him, one on either side and Jesus in the midst.
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And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city, and it was written in Hebrew and Greek and Latin.
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Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, "Write not `The King of the Jews,' but, `He said, I am King of the Jews.'"
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Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."