From then on Pilate kept trying to release him. But the Jews shouted, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Anyone who makes himself a king is defying Caesar!”
In context
10So Pilate said to him, “You won’t speak to me? Don’t you know I have the authority to release you and the authority to crucify you?” 11Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over me at all if it had not been given to you from above. That is why the one who handed me over to you bears the greater sin.” 12From then on Pilate kept trying to release him. But the Jews shouted, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Anyone who makes himself a king is defying Caesar!” 13When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s bench, at the place called the Stone Pavement — in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your king!”
