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Take him away! Crucify him!&#8221 &#8220Shall I crucify your king?&#8221 Pilate asked. &#8220We have no king but Caesar,&#8221 the chief priests answered. <a href="/nlt/john/19.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Away with him,” they yelled. “Away with him! Crucify him!” “What? Crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the leading priests shouted back. <a href="/esv/john/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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.” <a href="/bsb/john/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests. <a href="/blb/john/19.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> So they cried out, "Away with Him, away! Crucify Him!" Pilate says to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king except Caesar." <a href="/kjv/john/19.htm">King James Bible</a> But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. <a href="/nkjv/john/19.htm">New King James Version</a> But 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!” <a href="/nasb_/john/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So they shouted, “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 except Caesar.” <a href="/nasb/john/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> So they cried out, &#8220Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!&#8221 Pilate said to them, &#8220Shall I crucify your King?&#8221 The chief priests answered, &#8220We have no king but Caesar.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/john/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> They therefore 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.” <a href="/lsb/john/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So 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.” <a href="/amp/john/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But they shouted, “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!” <a href="/csb/john/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him! ” Pilate said to them, “Should I crucify your king? ” “We have no king but Caesar! ” the chief priests answered. <a href="/hcsb/john/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But they shouted, &#8220Take Him away! Take Him away! Crucify Him!&#8221 Pilate said to them, &#8220Should I crucify your king?"&#8221 We have no king but Caesar!&#8221 the chief priests answered. <a href="/asv/john/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> They therefore cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but C锟絪ar. <a href="/cev/john/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> "Kill him! Kill him!" they yelled. "Nail him to a cross!" "So you want me to nail your king to a cross?" Pilate asked. The chief priests replied, "The Emperor is our king!" <a href="/erv/john/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> They therefore cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. <a href="/gwt/john/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then the Jews shouted, "Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Should I crucify your king?" The chief priests responded, "The emperor is the only king we have!" <a href="/gnt/john/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> They shouted back, "Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Do you want me to crucify your king?" The chief priests answered, "The only king we have is the Emperor!" <a href="/isv/john/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Should I crucify your king?" The high priests responded, "We have no king but Caesar!" <a href="/msb/john/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> At this, they shouted, ?Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!? ?Shall I crucify your King?? Pilate asked. ?We have no king but Caesar,? replied the chief priests. <a href="/net/john/19.htm">NET Bible</a> Then they shouted out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate asked, "Shall I crucify your king?" The high priests replied, "We have no king except Caesar!" <a href="/nheb/john/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They shouted, "Away with him. Away with him. Crucify him." Pilate said to them, "Should I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar." <a href="/wbt/john/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cesar. <a href="/wey/john/19.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> This caused a storm of outcries, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" "Am I to crucify your king?" Pilate asked. "We have no king, except Caesar," answered the High Priests. <a href="/web/john/19.htm">World English Bible</a> 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!” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And they cried out, “Take away! Take away! Crucify Him!” Pilate says to them, “Will I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king except Caesar.” <a href="/blb/john/19.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> So they cried out, "Away with Him, away! Crucify Him!" Pilate says to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king except Caesar." <a href="/ylt/john/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and they cried out, 'Take away, take away, crucify him;' Pilate saith to them, 'Your king shall I crucify?' the chief priests answered, 'We have no king except Caesar.' <a href="/slt/john/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they cried, Take away, take away, crucify him. Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But they cried out: Away with him; away with him; crucify him. Pilate saith to them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered: We have no king but Caesar. <a href="/cpdv/john/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But they were crying out: “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests responded, “We have no king except Caesar.” <a href="/nabre/john/19.htm">New American Bible</a> They cried out, “Take him away, take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” <a href="/nrsvce/john/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but the emperor.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But they cried out, Take him away, take him away, crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your king? The high priests said to him, We have no king except Caesar. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/19.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But they were crying out, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The Chief Priests were saying, “We have no King but Caesar!”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/19.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But 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 <a href="/godbey/john/19.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Then they cried out, Take Him away, take Him away, crucify Him. Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your King? And the chief priests responded, We have no king but Caesar. <a href="/haweis/john/19.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But they cried vociferously, Away with him, away! crucify him! Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but C锟絪ar.<CM> <a href="/mace/john/19.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but 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 Cesar. <a href="/wey/john/19.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> This caused a storm of outcries, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" "Am I to crucify your king?" Pilate asked. "We have no king, except Caesar," answered the High Priests. <a href="/worrell/john/19.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> They, therefore, cried out, "Away with Him! away with Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate says to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The high priests answered, We have no king but Caesar!" <a href="/worsley/john/19.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cesar. <a href="/parallel/john/19-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=6738" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/19.htm">The Soldiers Mock Jesus</a> …14It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!” 15<a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">At this,</a> <a href="/greek/2905.htm" title="2905: Ekraugasan (V-AIA-3P) -- To cry aloud, shout, exclaim. From krauge; to clamor.">they shouted,</a> <a href="/greek/142.htm" title="142: Aron (V-AMA-2S) -- To raise, lift up, take away, remove. ">“Away</a> <a href="/greek/1565.htm" title="1565: Ekeinoi (DPro-NMP) -- That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.">with Him!</a> <a href="/greek/142.htm" title="142: aron (V-AMA-2S) -- To raise, lift up, take away, remove. ">Away with Him!</a> <a href="/greek/4717.htm" title="4717: staurōson (V-AMA-2S) -- From stauros; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish passion or selfishness.">Crucify</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him!”</a> <a href="/greek/4717.htm" title="4717: staurōsō (V-ASA-1S) -- From stauros; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish passion or selfishness.">“Shall I crucify</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/935.htm" title="935: Basilea (N-AMS) -- A king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor. Probably from basis; a sovereign.">King?”</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4091.htm" title="4091: Pilatos (N-NMS) -- Pilate. Of Latin origin; close-pressed, i.e. Firm; Pilatus, a Roman.">Pilate</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: Legei (V-PIA-3S) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">asked.</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echomen (V-PIA-1P) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">“We have</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: Ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">no</a> <a href="/greek/935.htm" title="935: basilea (N-AMS) -- A king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor. Probably from basis; a sovereign.">king</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">but</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/2541.htm" title="2541: Kaisara (N-AMS) -- Of Latin origin; Caesar, a title of the Roman emperor.">Caesar,”</a> <a href="/greek/611.htm" title="611: Apekrithēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.">replied</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/749.htm" title="749: archiereis (N-NMP) -- High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.">chief priests.</a> 16Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/27-22.htm">Matthew 27:22-25</a> “What then should I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” Pilate asked. They all answered, “Crucify Him!” / “Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!” / When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.” ... <a href="/mark/15-12.htm">Mark 15:12-14</a> So Pilate asked them again, “What then do you want me to do with the One you call the King of the Jews?” / And they shouted back, “Crucify Him!” / “Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!” <a href="/luke/23-21.htm">Luke 23:21-23</a> but they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” / A third time he said to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I will release Him.” / But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed. <a href="/acts/3-13.htm">Acts 3:13-15</a> The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him. / You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. / You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact. <a href="/acts/13-27.htm">Acts 13:27-28</a> The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. / And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed. <a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11</a> He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. <a href="/john/18-40.htm">John 18:40</a> “Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.) <a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a> The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! <a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19</a> And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. <a href="/romans/11-3.htm">Romans 11:3</a> “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”? <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-14.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:14-15</a> For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews, / who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, <a href="/hebrews/12-3.htm">Hebrews 12:3</a> Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a> He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. <a href="/psalms/2-2.htm">Psalm 2:2-3</a> The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: / “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.” <a href="/psalms/22-16.htm">Psalm 22:16</a> For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But 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.Away.<a href="/john/19-6.htm">John 19:6</a> When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.<a href="/luke/23-18.htm">Luke 23:18</a> And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:<a href="/acts/21-36.htm">Acts 21:36</a> For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.We have.<a href="/john/18-31.htm">John 18:31</a> Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:<a href="/genesis/49-10.htm">Genesis 49:10</a> The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.<a href="/ezekiel/21-26.htm">Ezekiel 21:26,27</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/19-12.htm">Caesar</a> <a href="/john/16-1.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/john/19-12.htm">Cesar</a> <a href="/john/19-6.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/john/19-12.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/john/19-10.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/john/19-10.htm">Crucify</a> <a href="/john/18-40.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/john/19-10.htm">Death</a> <a href="/john/19-11.htm">Except</a> <a href="/john/19-6.htm">High</a> <a href="/john/19-6.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/luke/23-23.htm">Outcries</a> <a href="/john/19-14.htm">Pilate</a> <a href="/john/19-6.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/john/19-6.htm">Shouted</a> <a href="/luke/8-24.htm">Storm</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/11-28.htm">Caesar</a> <a href="/acts/7-4.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/acts/11-28.htm">Cesar</a> <a href="/john/19-21.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/john/20-16.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/john/19-16.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Crucify</a> <a href="/acts/8-7.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/john/19-16.htm">Death</a> <a href="/john/20-25.htm">Except</a> <a href="/john/19-21.htm">High</a> <a href="/acts/7-57.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/james/5-4.htm">Outcries</a> <a href="/john/19-16.htm">Pilate</a> <a href="/john/19-21.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/acts/12-22.htm">Shouted</a> <a href="/acts/27-15.htm">Storm</a><div class="vheading2">John 19</div>1. <a href="/john/19-1.htm">Jesus is scourged, crowned with thorns, and beaten.</a> 4. <a href="/john/19-4.htm">Pilate is desirous to release him, </a> 15. <a href="/john/19-15.htm">but being overcome with the outrage of the crowd, he delivers him to be crucified.</a> 23. <a href="/john/19-23.htm">They cast lots for his garments.</a> 25. <a href="/john/19-25.htm">He commends his mother to John.</a> 28. <a href="/john/19-28.htm">He dies.</a> 31. <a href="/john/19-31.htm">His side is pierced.</a> 38. <a href="/john/19-38.htm">He is buried by Joseph and Nicodemus.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” The crowd's demand for Jesus' crucifixion reflects the intense rejection He faced from His own people. This moment fulfills the prophecy in <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a>, where the Messiah is described as "despised and rejected by men." The repetition of "Away with Him!" emphasizes the crowd's vehement desire to see Jesus removed and executed. This scene is set during the Passover festival, a time when Jerusalem was filled with Jewish pilgrims, heightening the tension and urgency of the situation. The call for crucifixion, a Roman method of execution, underscores the severity of their demand, as crucifixion was reserved for the most heinous criminals and was considered a curse under Jewish law (<a href="/deuteronomy/21-23.htm">Deuteronomy 21:23</a>).“Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. Pilate's question highlights the political and religious tension of the moment. By referring to Jesus as "your King," Pilate is both mocking the Jewish leaders and probing their loyalty. This question underscores the irony of the situation: the Roman governor recognizes the claim of kingship, yet the Jewish leaders reject it. Pilate's reluctance to crucify Jesus is evident throughout the trial, as he repeatedly finds no fault in Him (<a href="/john/18-38.htm">John 18:38</a>; 19:4, 6). This moment also reflects the fulfillment of Jesus' own prediction of His death by crucifixion (<a href="/john/12-32.htm">John 12:32-33</a>).“We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests. The chief priests' declaration is a profound statement of their rejection of Jesus as the Messiah. By professing allegiance to Caesar, they deny the kingship of God over Israel, which is a significant departure from Jewish expectation and tradition. This statement is laden with irony, as the Jewish leaders, who despised Roman rule, now claim loyalty to Caesar to ensure Jesus' execution. This moment fulfills the prophecy of <a href="/psalms/2.htm">Psalm 2</a>, where the nations and rulers conspire against the Lord's Anointed. The chief priests' rejection of Jesus as King contrasts with the earlier acclamation of Jesus as King during His triumphal entry into Jerusalem (<a href="/john/12-13.htm">John 12:13</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_chief_priests.htm">The Chief Priests</a> Religious leaders of the Jewish people who played a significant role in the trial and crucifixion of Jesus. They rejected Jesus as their Messiah and declared allegiance to Caesar. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pontius_pilate.htm">Pontius Pilate</a> The Roman governor who presided over the trial of Jesus. He questioned the crowd about crucifying Jesus, whom he referred to as their King. 3. <a href="/topical/c/caesar.htm">Caesar</a> The Roman emperor, representing the political authority and power of Rome. The chief priests' declaration of allegiance to Caesar over Jesus highlights their rejection of Jesus as the Messiah. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_crowd.htm">The Crowd</a> The group of people, likely influenced by the chief priests, who demanded Jesus' crucifixion. 5. <a href="/topical/c/crucifixion.htm">Crucifixion</a> The Roman method of execution that Jesus was sentenced to, fulfilling the prophecies about the Messiah's suffering and death.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/rejection_of_jesus_as_king.htm">Rejection of Jesus as King</a> The chief priests' declaration, "We have no king but Caesar," signifies a profound rejection of Jesus' kingship. This challenges us to examine who or what we recognize as the ultimate authority in our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_influence_of_leadership.htm">The Influence of Leadership</a> The chief priests' influence over the crowd demonstrates the power of leadership. As Christians, we must be discerning about whom we follow and ensure our leaders align with biblical truth. <a href="/topical/t/the_irony_of_allegiance.htm">The Irony of Allegiance</a> The Jewish leaders' allegiance to Caesar over Jesus is ironic, given their historical resistance to Roman rule. This serves as a reminder of the dangers of compromising faith for political or social expediency. <a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">Fulfillment of Prophecy</a> The events leading to Jesus' crucifixion fulfill Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah's suffering. This reinforces the reliability of Scripture and God's sovereign plan. <a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection_on_jesus'_kingship.htm">Personal Reflection on Jesus' Kingship</a> Each believer must personally decide whether to accept or reject Jesus as King. This decision impacts our daily lives and eternal destiny.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 19</a> <a href="/q/why_is_pilate_sympathetic_to_jesus.htm">Why does Pilate appear unusually sympathetic to Jesus when historical records describe him as ruthless?</a> <a href="/q/key_events_in_jesus'_trials.htm">What were the key events in Jesus' trials?</a> <a href="/q/where_was_jesus_at_the_sixth_hour.htm">Where was Jesus at the sixth hour on the day of the crucifixion? On the cross (Mark 15:23) In Pilates court (John 19:14)</a> <a href="/q/why_do_john_19_14_and_mark_15_25_differ.htm">Why does John 19:14 seem to conflict with Mark 15:25 regarding the timing of Jesus' crucifixion?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) But they cried out . . .--Better, they cried out therefore . . . They feel the sting of Pilate's irony, therefore cry the more passionately, "Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him."Shall I crucify your King?--In the order of the Greek words "your King" comes emphatically first, "Your King--shall I crucify Him?" The taunt is uttered in its bitterest form.We have no king but Caesar.--They are driven by Pilate's taunt, and by their hatred of Jesus, to a denial of their own highest hopes. They who gloried in the Theocracy, and hoped for a temporal Messianic reign, which should free them from Roman bondage; they who boasted that they "were never in bondage to any man" (<a href="/john/8-33.htm" title="They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how say you, You shall be made free?">John 8:33</a>); they who were "chief priests" of the Jews, confess that Caesar is their only king. The words were doubtless meant, as those in <a href="/john/19-12.htm" title="And from thereafter Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.">John 19:12</a>, to drive Pilate to comply with their wishes, under the dread of an accusation at Rome. They had this effect.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 15, 16. - They on the other hand therefore yelled out, Away with him! away with (him)! Crucify him! The aorists, α΅ρον σταύρωσον, imply the haste and impatience which they manifest to have done with the conflict; and Pilate, eager to thrust another envenomed dagger into the heart of their pride, and knowing that to call this Man whom he had made vile in their eyes their "KING," and to crucify One to whom such a title could be given would be gall and wormwood to them, cried, with flashing anger, Shall I crucify your King? This wrung forth from them a cry which expressed the uttermost and basest abandonment of all their proud boasts, a heartless and fateful acknowledgment of their servility and dependence. The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar! Our Messianic hope is dead, our national independence is at an end, our witness as a people to truth, our listening to the voice which would have gathered us together, are over. As before they had shouted, "Not this Man, but Barabbas!" so now, "Not the Lord of glory, but the damon lord of Rome; not this King of kings, but Tiberius Augustus et Dominus sacratissimus noster." In renouncing Christ by the lips of their chief priests, they put themselves under the power of the prince of this world, and terribly they answered for their crime. "They elected Caesar to be their king; by Caesar they were destroyed" (Lampe). Their theocracy fell by their mad rage against the perfect embodiment of the highest righteousness and purest love. "The kingdom of God, by the confession of its rulers, has become the kingdom of this world." How terribly symptomatic of the perpetual resistance of his claims by all those who deliberately reject his authority! "We have no king but fashion! .... We have no king but mammon!" "We have no king but the leader of our clique!" "We have no king but pleasure!" "We have no king but our royal selves!" - are voices not infrequently heard even now. This cry was too much for Pilate; he wavered, paltered with justice, vented his insolence and pride, knew better and did the thing which he felt to be base. "He who had often prostituted justice was now utterly unable to achieve the one act of justice which he desired. He who had so often murdered pity was now forbidden to taste the sweetness of a pity for which he longed" (Farrar). Then therefore he delivered him to them, in order that he might be crucified. "IBIS AD CRUCEM. I MILES EXPEDI CRUCEM," were the awful words in which he would deliver his judgment and secure an everlasting execration. He delivered up Jesus unto them; for they, though not the positive hands by which the foul deed was done, were the sole inciting causes of the act. Luke, as well as John, involves this idea, and Peter (<a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a>) says, "Ye slew him, crucifying him by the hands of lawless men," and (<a href="/acts/3-15.htm">Acts 3:15</a>) "Ye killed the Prince of Life." Yet they were profoundly anxious for his death by Roman crucifixion, not only because thus they were impelled to fulfill the great prophecy and confirm the words of the blessed Lord himself, but because they wished to stamp out in disgrace and shame all his claims; because they wished that the supreme court, the heathen and corrupting power, should dash down to earth and defile this idol of some of the people and even some of their own number; because they wished to deliver themselves from the responsibility of the act, and to avoid being called to give an account to Rome of their judicial murder; and in the act itself they wished to have a Roman guard to prevent an escape and quell an emeute. The school of Tübingen endeavor to invalidate the Johannine portraiture of Pilate, and to ascribe its fictitious creation in the second century to a desire then rampant, to charge upon the Jews all the blame of the act, and to exhibit Pilate as a symbol of the sympathy which the Gentile world was extending to Christianity and the Church. The persecutions which prevailed from the days of Nero, Domitian, and Trajan, to those of the Antonines, rebuke such a supposition. Moreover, the synoptic narrative is equally explicit with St. John in setting forth the sympathy of Pilate, or rather his desire to release Jesus (<a href="/matthew/27-14.htm">Matthew 27:14</a> and 18, 17-23, 24; <a href="/mark/15-8.htm">Mark 15:8-10</a>; <a href="/luke/23-13.htm">Luke 23:13-22</a>). Luke tells us that Peter charges the guilt of the Crucifixion upon the Jews (<a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a>; <a href="/acts/3-15.htm">Acts 3:15</a>; cf. <a href="/james/5-6.htm">James 5:6</a>; <a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8</a>). The explanation of Pilate's conduct and of his final despicable act is given only in John's Gospel; and even Reuss admits that we have in John "the true key of the problem" (see Coder, in loc., vol. 3. pp. 260-263). <a href="/commentaries/john/19-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>At this, οὖν (oun) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. they shouted, Ἐκραύγασαν (Ekraugasan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2905.htm">Strong's 2905: </a> To cry aloud, shout, exclaim. From krauge; to clamor. “Away Ἆρον (Aron) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_142.htm">Strong's 142: </a> To raise, lift up, take away, remove. with Him! Ἐκεῖνοι (Ekeinoi) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1565.htm">Strong's 1565: </a> That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed. Away [with Him]! ἆρον (aron) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_142.htm">Strong's 142: </a> To raise, lift up, take away, remove. Crucify σταύρωσον (staurōson) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4717.htm">Strong's 4717: </a> From stauros; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish passion or selfishness. Him!” αὐτόν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. “Shall I crucify σταυρώσω (staurōsō) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4717.htm">Strong's 4717: </a> From stauros; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish passion or selfishness. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. King?” Βασιλέα (Basilea) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> A king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor. Probably from basis; a sovereign. Pilate Πιλᾶτος (Pilatos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4091.htm">Strong's 4091: </a> Pilate. Of Latin origin; close-pressed, i.e. Firm; Pilatus, a Roman. asked. Λέγει (Legei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. “We have ἔχομεν (echomen) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. no Οὐκ (Ouk) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. king βασιλέα (basilea) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> A king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor. Probably from basis; a sovereign. but εἰ (ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. Caesar,” Καίσαρα (Kaisara) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2541.htm">Strong's 2541: </a> Of Latin origin; Caesar, a title of the Roman emperor. replied Ἀπεκρίθησαν (Apekrithēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_611.htm">Strong's 611: </a> From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. chief priests. ἀρχιερεῖς (archiereis) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_749.htm">Strong's 749: </a> High priest, chief priest. 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