12 From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. ⁿEveryone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” 13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic¹ Gabbatha. 14 Now it was the day of ^oPreparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour.² He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!” 15 They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” 16 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.

^pSo they took Jesus,