³⁷ Above his head they put up the charge against him in writing: This Is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

²⁶ The inscription of the charge written against him was: The King^(A) of the Jews.^(B)

⁴ Pilate went outside again and said to them, “Look, I’m bringing him out to you to let you know I find no grounds^(A) for charging him.”

Pilate Sentences Jesus to Death

⁶ When the chief priests and the temple servants^[a] saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”

Pilate responded, “Take him and crucify him yourselves, since I find no grounds for charging him.”

²⁸ Though they found no grounds for the death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him killed.^(A)

²⁸ Wanting to know the charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down before their Sanhedrin.

¹⁸ The accusers stood up but brought no charge against him of the evils I was expecting.

¹⁸ After they examined me, they wanted to release me, since there was no reason for the death penalty in my case.^(A)