John 19:6-11

New International Version

⁶ As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”

But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him.^(A) As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”^(B)

⁷ The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die,^(C) because he claimed to be the Son of God.”^(D)

⁸ When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, ⁹ and he went back inside the palace.^(E) “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer.^{(F) 10} “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”

¹¹ Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.^(G) Therefore the one who handed me over to you^(H) is guilty of a greater sin.”