John 19:14

Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

In Context

13Therefore Pilate, having heard this saying, led Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

15But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”

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Cross References

Matthew 27:62On the next day, which is after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

Mark 15:33Now when the sixth hour had come, darkness came upon the whole land until the ninth hour.

Luke 23:54That day was the Preparation; the Sabbath was drawing near.

John 19:5Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold, the Man!”

John 19:31Therefore the Jews, since it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away.

Matthew Henry on John 19:2-16

Christ Arraigned before Pilate. 1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. 4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. 5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the… Read the whole commentary →

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