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the Jews answered him, `We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'
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When, therefore, Pilate heard this word, he was the more afraid,
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and entered again to the praetorium, and saith to Jesus, `Whence art thou?' and Jesus gave him no answer.
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Pilate, therefore, saith to him, `To me dost thou not speak? hast thou not known that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee?'
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Jesus answered, `Thou wouldst have no authority against me, if it were not having been given thee from above; because of this, he who is delivering me up to thee hath greater sin.'
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From this [time] was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, `If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.'
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Pilate, therefore, having heard this word, brought Jesus without -- and he sat down upon the tribunal -- to a place called, `Pavement,' and in Hebrew, Gabbatha;
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and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, `Lo, your king!'
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and they cried out, `Take away, take away, crucify him;' Pilate saith to them, `Your king shall I crucify?' the chief priests answered, `We have no king except Caesar.'
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Then, therefore, he delivered him up to them, that he may be crucified, and they took Jesus and led [him] away,
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and bearing his cross, he went forth to the place called [Place] of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha;