Quotes about Authority
Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
— John 19:4
When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
— John 19:5
As soon as the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” “You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
— John 19:6
“We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
— John 19:7
When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid,
— John 19:8
So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?”
— John 19:10
Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
— John 19:11
When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.
— John 19:13
It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
— John 19:14
At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.
— John 19:15
Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.
— John 19:16
So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but only that He said, ‘I am the King of the Jews.’”
— John 19:21