When the chiefprieststherefore and officers saw him, theycried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilatesaithuntothem, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
Jesusanswered, Thoucouldesthave no power at all against me, except it weregiventheefromabove: therefore he thatdelivered me untotheehath the greater sin.
And fromthenceforthPilatesought to release him: but the Jewscried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’sfriend: whosoevermakethhimself a kingspeakethagainstCaesar.
WhenPilatethereforeheardthatsaying, he broughtJesusforth, and sat down in the judgmentseat in a placethat is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
But theycried out, Awaywith him, awaywith him, crucify him. Pilatesaithuntothem, Shall I crucifyyourKing? The chiefpriestsanswered, We have no king but Caesar.
Then the soldiers, whenthey had crucifiedJesus, took his garments, and madefourparts, to everysoldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was withoutseam, wovenfrom the top throughout.
Theysaidthereforeamongthemselves, Let us not rend it, but castlots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripturemight be fulfilled, whichsaith, Theyparted my raimentamongthem, and for my vesturethey did castlots. Thesethingstherefore the soldiers did.
The Jewstherefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodiesshould not remainupon the cross on the sabbath day, (for thatsabbath day was an high day,) besoughtPilatethattheirlegsmight be broken, and thattheymight be takenaway.
And afterthisJoseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besoughtPilatethat he mighttakeaway the body of Jesus: and Pilategave him leave. He cametherefore, and took the body of Jesus.