John 19:10-12

Living Bible

¹⁰ “You won’t talk to me?” Pilate demanded. “Don’t you realize that I have the power to release you or to crucify you?”

¹¹ Then Jesus said, “You would have no power at all over me unless it were given to you from above. So those^[a] who brought me to you have the greater sin.”

¹² Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders told him, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar’s. Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar.”