Then said the servant, "Pilate will come out immediately."
Then cried all once more, "We demand the death of the Nazarene."
And Caiaphas, listening to the shouts of the people, said to the priests, "Now let Pilate, as he wished, learn the opinion of the people."
Then came Pilate with his followers out upon the balcony, and with them came Jesus, led by two soldiers, with the crown of thorns upon his head and the scarlet robe about him. The crowd instead of shouting, "Hail, all hail," as before, shouted violently, "Give judgment! Pass sentence upon him!"
Then Pilate spoke, pointing to Jesus, who, with bound hands and the scarlet robe upon his bleeding shoulders, stood between the soldiers, "Behold the man!"
The priests and Pharisees answered, "To the cross with him."
Pilate pleaded, "Cannot even this pitiful sight awake any compassion in your hearts?"
But the multitude answered, "Let him die! To the cross with him!"
Then Pilate said, "Take him and crucify him at your own risk—I will have nothing to do with it, for I find no fault in him."
Then Caiaphas said with a loud voice, "Hear, O governor, the voice of the people. It concurs in our complaint and demands his death."