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When the leading priests and the guards saw Jesus, they shouted, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" But Pilate answered, "Crucify him yourselves, because I find nothing against him."
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The Jews answered, "We have a law that says he should die, because he said he is the Son of God."
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When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid.
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He went back inside the palace and asked Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus did not answer him.
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Pilate said, "You refuse to speak to me? Don't you know I have power to set you free and power to have you crucified?"
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Jesus answered, "The only power you have over me is the power given to you by God. The man who turned me in to you is guilty of a greater sin."
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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."
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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.)
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It was about noon on Preparation Day of Passover week. Pilate said to the Jews, "Here is your king!"
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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."
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So Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be crucified. The soldiers took charge of Jesus.