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Therefore, when Pilate heard that saying, he was the more afraid,
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and went again into the Praetorium, and said to Jesus, "Where are You from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
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Then Pilate said to Him, "Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have power to crucify You, and power to release You?"
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Jesus answered, "You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin."
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From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar's friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar."
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When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
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Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, "Behold your King!"
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But they cried out, "Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"
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Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led Him away.
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And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,
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where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.
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Now 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 near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
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Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'He said, "I am the King of the Jews." ' "
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Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."
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Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.
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They said therefore among themselves, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: "They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.
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Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
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When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold your son!"
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Then He said to the disciple, "Behold your mother!" And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.
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After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I thirst!"