John 19:1-7

International Children’s Bible

19 Then Pilate ordered that Jesus be taken away and whipped. ² The soldiers used some thorny branches to make a crown. They put this crown on Jesus’ head and put a purple robe around him. ³ Then they came to Jesus many times and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” They hit Jesus in the face.

⁴ Again Pilate came out and said to them, “Look! I am bringing Jesus out to you. I want you to know that I find nothing I can charge against him.” ⁵ Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is the man!”

⁶ When the leading priests and the guards saw Jesus they shouted, “Kill him on a cross! Kill him on a cross!”

But Pilate answered, “Take him and nail him to a cross yourselves. I find nothing I can charge against him.”

⁷ The Jews answered, “We have a law that says he should die, because he said he is the Son of God.”