8-9. When Pilate heard this, he became even more scared. He went back into the palace and said to Jesus, “Where did you come from?”Jesus gave no answer.
10. Pilate said, “You won’t talk? Don’t you know that I have the authority to pardon you, and the authority to—crucify you?”
11. Jesus said, “You haven’t a shred of authority over me except what has been given you from heaven. That’s why the one who betrayed me to you has committed a far greater fault.”
12. At this, Pilate tried his best to pardon him, but the Jews shouted him down: “If you pardon this man, you’re no friend of Caesar’s. Anyone setting himself up as ‘king’ defies Caesar.”
13-14. When Pilate heard those words, he led Jesus outside. He sat down at the judgment seat in the area designated Stone Court (in Hebrew, Gabbatha). It was the preparation day for Passover. The hour was noon. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your king.”
15. They shouted back, “Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!”Pilate said, “I am to crucify your king?”The high priests answered, “We have no king except Caesar.”