6. When the leading priests and the Jewish guards saw Jesus they shouted, “Kill him on a cross! Kill him on a cross!” But Pilate answered, “You take him and nail him to a cross yourselves. I find nothing I can charge him with.”
7. The Jewish leaders answered, “We have a law that says he must die, because he said he is the Son of God.”
8. When Pilate heard this, he was more afraid.
9. So he went back inside the palace and asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus did not answer him.
10. Pilate said, “You refuse to speak to me? Remember, I have the power to make you free or to kill you on a cross.”