Jesus Delivered to Be Crucified
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So then a Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.
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And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe.
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Then they said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they b struck Him with their hands.
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Pilate then went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, c that you may know that I find no fault in Him."
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Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, "Behold the Man!"
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d Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, "Crucify Him, crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him."
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The Jews answered him, e "We have a law, and according to our law He ought to die, because f He made Himself the Son of God."
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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?" g 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, h "You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore i 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. j Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar."
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k 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 l 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, m "We have no king but Caesar!"
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Cross References
Matthew 20:19
"and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again."
Matthew 27:26
Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.
Mark 15:15
So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be crucified.
Luke 18:33
"They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again."
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Cross References
Isaiah 50:6
I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.
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Cross References
Isaiah 53:9
And they made His grave with the wicked - But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
John 18:33
Then Pilate entered the Praetorium again, called Jesus, and said to Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?
John 18:38
Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no fault in Him at all.
1 Peter 2:22 - 24
Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth".
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Cross References
Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go.
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Cross References
Leviticus 24:16
And whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him, the stranger as well as him who is born in the land. When he blasphemes the name of the LORD, he shall be put to death.
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Cross References
Matthew 26:63 - 66
But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, "I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!
John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
John 10:33
The Jews answered Him, saying, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.
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Cross References
Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.
Matthew 27:12
And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.
Matthew 27:14
But He answered him not one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
Luke 23:9
Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing.
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Cross References
Luke 22:53
"When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not try to seize Me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
John 7:30
Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
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Cross References
John 3:27
John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
Romans 13:1
Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
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Cross References
Luke 23:2
And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.
John 18:33
Then Pilate entered the Praetorium again, called Jesus, and said to Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?
Acts 17:7
"Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king - Jesus."
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:17
'You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man's presence, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.'
1 Samuel 15:24
Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the LORD shall be safe.
Isaiah 51:12
I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass?
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.
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Cross References
Matthew 27:62
On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate.
John 19:31
Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
John 19:42
So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews' Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.
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Cross References
Genesis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.