18:26. One of the servants of the high priest (a kinsman to him whose
ear Peter cut off) saith to him: Did not I see thee in the garden with
him?
18:27. Again therefore Peter denied: and immediately the cock crew.
18:28. Then they led Jesus from Caiphas to the governor's hall. And it
was morning: and they went not into the hall, that they might not be
defiled, but that they might eat the pasch.
18:29. Pilate therefore went out to them, and said: What accusation
bring you against this man?
18:30. They answered and said to him: If he were not a malefactor, we
would not have delivered him up to thee.
18:31. Pilate therefore said to them: Take him you, and judge him
according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is not lawful
for us to put any man to death.
18:32. That the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he said,
signifying what death he should die.
18:33. Pilate therefore went into the hall again and called Jesus and
said to him: Art thou the king of the Jews?
18:34. Jesus answered: Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have
others told it thee of me?
18:35. Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy own nation and the chief
priests have delivered thee up to me. What hast thou done?
18:36. Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom
were of this world, my servants would certainly strive that I should
not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.
18:37. Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus
answered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and for
this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth.
Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
18:38. Pilate saith to him: What is truth? And when he said this, he
went out again to the Jews and saith to them: I find no cause in him.
18:39. But you have a custom that I should release one unto you at the
Pasch. Will you, therefore, that I release unto you the king of the
Jews?
18:40. Then cried they all again, saying: Not this man, but Barabbas.
Now Barabbas was a robber.
John Chapter 19
The continuation of the history of the Passion of Christ.
19:1. Then therefore Pilate took Jesus and scourged him.
19:2. And the soldiers platting a crown of thorns, put it upon his
head: and they put on him a purple garment.
19:3. And they came to him and said: Hail, king of the Jews. And they
gave him blows.
19:4. Pilate therefore went forth again and saith to them: Behold, I
bring him forth unto you, that you may know that I find no cause in
him.
19:5. (Jesus therefore came forth, bearing the crown of thorns and the
purple garment.) And he saith to them: Behold the Man.
19:6. When the chief priests, therefore, and the servants had seen him,
they cried out, saying: Crucify him, Crucify him. Pilate saith to them:
Take him you, and crucify him: for I find no cause in him.
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