John 19:12

New Revised Standard Version

From then on Pilate tried to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are no friend of the emperor. Everyone who claims to be a king sets himself against the emperor.”

Cross References

Ezra 4:14

Now because we share the salt of the palace and it is not fitting for us to witness the king's dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king,

Jeremiah 38:19

King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for I might be handed over to them and they would abuse me.”

Matthew 22:17

Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?”

John 19:22

Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.”