John 18:39–19:6

³⁹and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, that I shall release to you the king of the Jews?’ ⁴⁰therefore they all cried out again, saying, ‘Not this one—but Barabbas;’ and Barabbas was a robber.

Chapter 19

¹Then, therefore, did Pilate take Jesus and scourge him, ²and the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns, did place it on his head, and a purple garment they put around him, ³and said, ‘Hail! the king of the Jews;’ and they were giving him slaps. ⁴Pilate, therefore, again went forth without, and saith to them, ‘Lo, I do bring him to you without, that ye may know that in him I find no fault;’ ⁵Jesus, therefore, came forth without, bearing the thorny crown and the purple garment; and he saith to them, ‘Lo, the man!’ ⁶When, therefore, the chief priests and the officers did see him, they cried out, saying, ‘Crucify, crucify;’ Pilate saith to them, ‘Take ye him—ye, and crucify; for I find no fault in him;’