Pilate therefore said to him, “Aren’t you speaking to me?
Don’t you know that I have power to release you and have power to crucify you?”
Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above.
Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”
At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend!
Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”