John 19:8-10

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No king but Caesar

⁸ When Pilate heard that, he was all the more afraid. ⁹ He went back into the Praetorium and spoke to Jesus.

“Where do you come from?” he asked.

But Jesus gave him no answer.

¹⁰ So Pilate addressed him again.

“Aren’t you going to speak to me?” he said. “Don’t you know that I have the authority to let you go, and the authority to crucify you?”