But the Jews kept shouting, "If you release this man,
you are no friend of Caesar's. Every one who sets himself up
as king declares himself a rebel against Caesar."
019:013 On hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out, and sat down
on the judge's seat in a place called the Pavement--
or in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
019:014 It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about six o'clock
in the morning. Then he said to the Jews, "There is your king!"
019:015 This caused a storm of outcries, "Away with him! Away with him!
Crucify him!" "Am I to crucify your king?" Pilate asked.
"We have no king, except Caesar," answered the High Priests.
019:016 Then Pilate gave Him up to them to be crucified.
Accordingly they took Jesus;
019:017 and He went out carrying His own cross, to the place
called Skull-place--or, in Hebrew, Golgotha--
019:018 where they nailed Him to a cross, and two others at the same time,
one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
019:019 And Pilate wrote a notice and had it fastened to the top of
the cross. It ran thus: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
019:020 Many of the Jews read this notice, for the place where Jesus
was crucified was near the city, and the notice was in
three languages--Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
019:021 This led the Jewish High Priests to remonstrate with Pilate.
"You should not write `The King of the Jews,'" they said,
"but that he claimed to be King of the Jews."
019:022 "What I have written I have written," was Pilate's answer.
019:023 So the soldiers, as soon as they had crucified Jesus, took His
garments, including His tunic, and divided them into four parts--
one part for each soldier. The tunic was without seam,
woven from the top in one piece.