John 19

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2And the soldiers
wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they dressed
him in a purple robe. 3They kept coming up to him, saying, “Hail, King
of the Jews!” and striking him on the face. 4Pilate went out again and
said to them, “Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I
find no case against him.” 5So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of
thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
6When the chief priests and the police saw him, they shouted, “Crucify
him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and
crucify him; I find no case against him.” 7The Jews answered him, “We
have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has
claimed to be the Son of God.” 8Now when Pilate heard this, he was
more afraid than ever. 9He entered his headquarters again and asked
Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. 10Pilate
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?” 11Jesus
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.” 12From 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.” 13When 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. 14Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover;
and it was about noon. He said to the Jews, “Here is your King!” 15They
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.”
16Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.
Reader: These are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is
the Messiah, the Son of God,
All: and that through believing, we may have life in his name.
(John 20:31)