John 19:5-7

Easy-to-Read Version

⁵Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is the man!”

⁶When the leading priests and the Jewish guards saw Jesus they shouted, “Kill him on a cross! Kill him on a cross!”

But Pilate answered, “You take him and nail him to a cross yourselves. I find nothing I can charge him with.”

⁷The Jewish leaders answered, “We have a law that says he must die, because he said he is the Son of God.”

John 19:5-7

New International Version

⁵When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe,^(A) Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”

⁶As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!”

But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him.^(B) As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.”^(C)

⁷The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die,^(D) because he claimed to be the Son of God.”^(E)

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