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11 Jesus answered, You could have no power at all against me unless it were given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you is more in sin.

12 And from then on Pilate sought means to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying, If you let him go, you are not Caesar’s friend! For whoever makes himself a king, is against Caesar.

13 When Pilate heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth and sat down to give sentence in a place called The Pavement, but in the Hebrew tongue, Gabbatha.

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11 Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.(A) Therefore the one who handed me over to you(B) is guilty of a greater sin.”

12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king(C) opposes Caesar.”

13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat(D) at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic(E) is Gabbatha).

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