John 19:7-12

New American Standard Bible

⁷ The Jews answered him, “^(A)We have a law, and by that law He ought to die, because He ^(B)made Himself out to be the Son of God!”

⁸ Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; ⁹ and he ^(C)entered the ^[a]Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But ^(D)Jesus gave him no answer. ¹⁰ So Pilate *said to Him, “Are you not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?” ¹¹ Jesus answered him, “^(E)You would have no authority ^[b]over Me at all, if it had not been given to you from above; for this reason ^(F)the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.” ¹² As a result of this, Pilate ^[c]made efforts to release Him; but the Jews shouted, saying, “^(G)If you release this Man, you are not a friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king ^[d]opposes Caesar!”