that hath delivered me up to thee hath
the greater crime. (12)Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the
Jews clamoured, saying, If thou release this fellow, thou art no friend
of Caesar's: every one who professes himself a king, speaks in
opposition to Caesar.

(13)When Pilate therefore heard this speech, he brought Jesus out, and
sat down on the judgment seat, in a place called the Stone Pavement,
but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. (14)And it was the preparation of the
passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith to the Jews, Behold
your King! (15)But they cried vociferously, Away with him, away!
crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The
chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

(16)Then delivered he him therefore unto them, that he should be
crucified. And they took Jesus and led him away. (17)And carrying his
cross he went forth to a place called the Place of a Skull, which in
the Hebrew is termed Golgotha: (18)where they crucified him, and two
others with him, on this side and on that, and in the midst Jesus.
(19)And Pilate also wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And this
was the writing: JESUS THE NAZAREAN, THE KING OF THE JEWS, (20)This
title then many of the Jews read: for the spot where Jesus was
crucified was nigh unto the city: and it was written in Hebrew, in
Greek, and in Latin. (21)The chief priests of the Jews then said to
Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of
the Jews. (22)Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written.

(23)Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his
garments, and made four parts, for each soldier a part; and his vest:
now the vest was without a seam, woven from the upper parts throughout
the whole. (24)They said therefore one to another, Let us not rend it,
but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be
fulfilled, which saith, "They parted my garments among them, and for my
vest they cast lots." So the soldiers therefore did these things.

(25)Now beside the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and his mother's
sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene. (26)When Jesus
then beheld his mother, and the disciple whom he loved, standing by, he
saith to his mother, Woman, behold thy son! (27)Then saith he to the
disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour the disciple took her
unto his own home.

(28)After this, Jesus, conscious that all things were now f