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John 19:10-12
New Catholic Bible
John 19:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 Pilate then said to him, “Are you refusing to speak to me? Do you not realize that I have the power to release you and the power to crucify you?” 11 Jesus answered him,
“You would have no authority over me at all
unless it had been given to you from above.
Therefore, the one who handed me over to you
is guilty of a greater sin.”
12 Jesus Is Condemned to Death. From that moment on, Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no Friend of Caesar.[a] Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”
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- John 19:12 Friend of Caesar: an honorific Roman title given to high officials for merit.
