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John 18
⁴⁰ But they shouted back, “No! Not this man. We want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a revolutionary.)
John 19
¹ Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip.
² The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.
³ “Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face.
⁴ Pilate went outside again and said to the people, “I am going to bring him out to you now, but understand clearly that I find him not guilty.”
⁵ Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said, “Look, here is the man!”
⁶ When they saw him, the leading priests and Temple guards began shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” “Take him yourselves and crucify him,” Pilate said. “I find him not guilty.”
⁷ The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God.”
⁸ When Pilate heard this, he was more frightened than ever.
⁹ He took Jesus back into the headquarters again and asked him, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave no answer.
¹⁰ “Why don’t you talk to me?” Pilate demanded. “Don’t you realize that I have the power to release you or crucify you?”