John 19:12

Conservative English Version

Then Pilate wanted to set Jesus free. But the crowd again yelled, "If you set this man free, you are no friend of the Emperor! Anyone who claims to be a king is an enemy of the Emperor."

Cross References

Ezra 4:14

We are telling you this, because you have done so much for us, and we want everyone to respect you.

Jeremiah 38:19

Zedekiah answered, "I can't surrender to the Babylonians. I'm too afraid of the Jews that have already joined them. The Babylonians might hand me over to those Jews, and they would torture me."

Matthew 22:17

Tell us what you think! Should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?"

John 19:22

But Pilate told them, "What is written will not be changed!"