Joh 19:12-13 | ESV | STEP | From then on Pilate sought to release him , but the Jews cried out , If you release this man , you are not Caesar’s friend . Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar .

John 19:12-13

12 From then on ^aPilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. ^bEveryone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.” 13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on ^cthe judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic ^{▼▼Or Hebrew; also verses 17, 20} Gabbatha.