11 Jesus answered, (A)You would have no authority [a]over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason (B)he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.” 12 As a result of this Pilate [b]made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, “(C)If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king [c]opposes Caesar.”

13 Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and (D)sat down on the judgment seat at a place called [d]The Pavement, but (E)in [e]Hebrew, Gabbatha.

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:11 Lit against
  2. John 19:12 Lit was seeking to
  3. John 19:12 Or speaks against
  4. John 19:13 Gr The Lithostrotos
  5. John 19:13 I.e. Jewish Aramaic