John 19:15
At that the people shouted, “Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!” “What! Should I crucify your king?” exclaimed Pilate. “We have no king but the Emperor,” replied the chief priests;
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In Context
14It was the Passover Preparation day, and about noon. Then he said to the crowd, “Here is your king!”
16so Pilate gave Jesus up to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus;
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The sceptre will not pass from Judah, nor the royal staff from between his feet, and to him is due the obedience of the people.
Luke 23:18But they began to shout as one man, “Kill this fellow, but release Barabbas for us.”
John 19:6When the chief priests and the guards saw him, they shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” “Take him yourselves and crucify him,” said Pilate. “For my part, I find nothing with which he can be charged.”
Acts 22:22Up to this point the people had been listening to Paul, but at these words they called out, “Kill him! A fellow like this ought not to have been allowed to live!”
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 →