John 18:39–19:6

³⁹“^aBut you have a custom that I release someone ¹for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?”

⁴⁰So they cried out again, saying, “^aNot this Man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.

Chapter 19

The Crown of Thorns

¹Pilate then took Jesus and ^1ascourged Him.

^2aAnd the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him;

³and they began to come up to Him and say, “^aHail, King of the Jews!” and to ^bgive Him slaps in the face.

⁴Pilate ^acame out again and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that ^bI find no guilt in Him.”

⁵Jesus then came out, ^awearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold, the Man!”

⁶So when the chief priests and the ^aofficers saw Him, they cried out saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for ^bI find no guilt in Him.”