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He entered his headquarters again and asked Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
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Pilate therefore said to him, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and power to crucify you?"
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Jesus answered him, "You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin."
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From then on Pilate tried to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you release this man, you are no friend of the emperor. Everyone who claims to be a king sets himself against the emperor."
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When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat on the judge's bench at a place called The Stone Pavement, or in Hebrew Gabbatha.
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Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover; and it was about noon. He said to the Jews, "Here is your King!"
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They cried out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but the emperor."
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Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus;
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and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
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There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them.
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Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews."