John 19:15-16

19:15 Then they shouted out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied, “We have no king except Caesar!” 19:16 Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.

The Crucifixion

So they took Jesus,


tn Grk “Then these.”

tn The words “with him” (twice) are not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

sn See the note on Crucify in 19:6.

tn Grk “Pilate said to them.” The words “to them” are not translated because it is clear in English who Pilate is addressing.

tn Grk “Then he”; the referent (Pilate) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Or “delivered him over.”