John 19:16-30

“Then delivered he him . . .” (v. 16). Pilate delivered Jesus to be crucified after the chief priests had proclaimed, “We have no king but Caesar.” While all four gospels present an account of the crucifixion, only Luke and John were moved by the Holy Spirit to include the superscription, Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews, which Pilate had affixed to the cross above Jesus’ head. Both Luke and John…