3. Pilate asked him, “Is this true that you’re ‘King of the Jews’?”“Those are your words, not mine,” Jesus replied.
4. Pilate told the high priests and the accompanying crowd, “I find nothing wrong here. He seems harmless enough to me.”
5. But they were vehement. “He’s stirring up unrest among the people with his teaching, disturbing the peace everywhere, starting in Galilee and now all through Judea. He’s a dangerous man, endangering the peace.”
21. But they kept shouting back, “Crucify! Crucify him!”
22. He tried a third time. “But for what crime? I’ve found nothing in him deserving death. I’m going to warn him to watch his step and let him go.”
32. Two others, both criminals, were taken along with him for execution.
33. When they got to the place called Skull Hill, they crucified him, along with the criminals, one on his right, the other on his left.
34-35. Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them; they don’t know what they’re doing.”Dividing up his clothes, they threw dice for them. The people stood there staring at Jesus, and the ringleaders made faces, taunting, “He saved others. Let’s see him save himself! The Messiah of God—ha! The Chosen—ha!”
36-37. The soldiers also came up and poked fun at him, making a game of it. They toasted him with sour wine: “So you’re King of the Jews! Save yourself!”
38. Printed over him was a sign: this is the king of the jews.
39. One of the criminals hanging alongside cursed him: “Some Messiah you are! Save yourself! Save us!”