6. When the leading priests and the guards saw Jesus they shouted, “Kill him on a cross! Kill him on a cross!”But Pilate answered, “Take him and nail him to a cross yourselves. I find nothing I can charge against him.”
7. The Jews answered, “We have a law that says he should die, because he said he is the Son of God.”
8. When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid.
9. 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? Don’t you know that I have power to set you free and power to have you killed on a cross?”